Collecting coins has been popular throughout the world and history. Some people collect coins as an investment others such as myself collect coins as a hobby and I started collecting coins many years ago. My interest was more in the coins itself and not so much as to the grade of the coins, though I always looked for the best grade possible within my budget. For people who collect anything; coins, stamps, art work or even rocks for a hobby, one thing that makes the hobby worth while, other than the ownership of the object, is to be able to display and show them to others.

Saturday, January 3, 2009

1917, Standing Liberty Quarter

The Standing Liberty quarter was designed by Hermon A. MacNeil, who had won a competition to be the designer of the quarter. The obverse shows the front of Liberty with an olive branch in her right hand symbolizing peace and a shield in her left hand for protection. There are two varieties, Type 1 from 1916-17 “bare breast” and Type 2 from 1917-30, where the breast was covered with a chain mail. The reverse shows an American Eagle in flight. There were no Standing Liberty coins struck during 1922. The coins were struck at the Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Denver mints.


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