Oddly enough, I received a liberty quarter back in change today from Chick-Fil-A. The only problem is that there is no visible date. Actually, not much at all is visible. I was just curious if there are any identifying markers that could be used to guess what the date may be. Either way, still a cool circulation find. Sorry for the phone pics.
If im not mistaken I think I can see the three stars undernieth the eagle on the reverse. If you can confirm that then it is a type two anywere from 1917 and on. And with that said you may have no clue as to year. If there were no stars it could have been a type one 1916 or 1917.
Just keep it... you may never find another in circulation. Your chances of hitting the lottery are better than picking up a SLQ in change.
Thanks! That is what I needed to know. I do plan on keeping it, it just would have been nice to find a way to give it a date.
Just like the design of the buffalo nickel, the actual design of an SLQ isnt that great for the date location. It's in a spot that hugs the rim very tight, which makes for lots of wear over time.
Your welcome, Here is some more information that will help out alot. http://coins.about.com/od/famousrarecoinprofiles/l/bl-standing-liberty-quarter-bare-breasted.htm Also. it doesn't point out that if you look at the last picture they have note the head type one will be higher almost into the rim while the type 2 is lower.
You could narrow it down somewhat... the design was changed slightly in 1925 to protect the date a little more, so (possibly) your coin would have been minted between 1917 and 1924; there were none minted in 1922, so that leaves you just seven years to pick from. However, with that amount of wear, it could eben be the protected dates of 1925 to 1930.
This is my 1917s Type one. Was given to me from a nurse at work along with alot of other silver coins for finding her ring that she had lost while at work.
Man, I thought I was lucky by finding quite a few Washington silvers in circulation in pretty rapid succession...but an SLQ is just crazy! Awesome and congrats! To be honest I doubt this coin has any numismatic value, so dipping it could reveal a date and not hurt the collect-ability of the coin.
Very nice find! I remember when I found my SLQ is circulation. Well, if you count the reject bin of the penny arcade as circulation. Sadly, the design was kinda poor in the way that the date wore off rather easily. Still, it's at least 81 years old today, so congrats!
Well, that is the most important elimination though, considering the value of the 1916. Thanks for all of the help guys. I definitely learned a lot today!
