1916 standing Liberty Quarter

Can you give me your opinion on if it is real? Please!!

 

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Warning, Will Robinson! WARNING!

 

It appears to show at least XF details, which would make it a five-figure coin, but it's in a stapled paper flip marked "VG-F".

Nope, I can't see any reason for concern.

 

Does not look right to me! The exposed left breast should have better details ?

 

Exactly. Chances are extremely high it is fake. A genuine one would be in a respectable TPG holder and worth perhaps $10,000.
Lance.

 

Not making any judgments yet, but I wouldn't touch this coin without better pictures of the obverse,

 

I can't tell much from the photos...but the surface looks porous, which is a bad sign.

 

According to the figures I have access to, only 1 out of every 200 examples of this date are in holders, and that includes re-submitted examples. Of course, I wouldn't recommend buying an uncertified piece unless you did so in person with a well known and respected dealer. The piece above looks a bit off to me.
Guy

 

Is this based on a comparison of slabbed pop counts to original mintage figures?

I don't know how many were stashed by contemporary collectors, but given that "dateless" ones are still turning up with some frequency, I imagine quite a lot of them were circulated into oblivion. There are probably more hitting the melting pots every day. (They're easily distinguished from other years, even when heavily worn, but there are an awful lot of people throwing coins into buckets without checking at that level of detail...)

 

current ngc population is about 550, pcgs is 1100, not sure how many are resubmissions.

 

I would bet that this is a genuine coin... with an altered date... the 6 looks different then the rest of the numbers. A clear close-up of the date area will help.

 

I would agree 100%. It's hard to make out the six clearly, but it seems to continue in the upward direction, and on this coin it should continue to curve to the right. A closer pic would be nice.

 

The reverse is correct for the 1916 & 1917 type 1. So it can't be altered from a different year.

 

It's probably a 17 type I that was altered.

 

Either way, the coin is NOT genuine. The "6" should be exactly the same as the "9" (rotated 180 degrees).

 

The 1916 SLQ is precisely the type of coin you should only buy slabbed/certified by a major TPG.

 

Definitely an altered 1917 , if you enlarge the pics , the hair comes to two distinct points on the 1917 , on the 1916 it comes to one . Also the shield on the shield is short and squat on the 16 , on the '17 it's longer and narrower .

 

Sorry, but yours is an altered 1917. The beading and shield are correct but the drapery and area above Liberty's head are 1917.

See this article http://www.anacs.com/(A(ONz0mrxdzAE...icle.aspx?ID=16&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

BTW there are two types of 1916s but I can't find the reference right offhand.