Standing Liberty Quarters

Here's my 1928-D to go along with Mike's above.

 

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The walking liberty haf sucked unless you're into Egyptian Stick figures.

 

You just like to be controversial, don't you Ruben?

 

No - I hate the design...hate it. Try walking like that and see if you can even twist your body so unnaturally.

 

Unemployment dictated otherwise.

 

Wish they would have kept making them for the full 30 years like the Mercs and Walkers . And Ruben the Walker is a beautiful design , not as good as the original 1917 SLQ but still one of the better designs , I'd put it above the Type 2 SLQ which is a lesser coin of the type one .

 

I know several women who are capable of twisting their bodies in unnatural positions. Granted, they are not usually standing while doing so!

 

Oh man, some real beauties in this thread.

I really need to get an uncirculated SLQ.

This is the best out of my huge hoard of 3.

 

Unemployment dictates otherwise.

 

For that one they would snap their spine...

 

What? Wrong coin...

 

I'm starting to get a little obsessed by looking at pictures of them and seeing them occasionally at the coin shops. If anyone would like to donate one to me, even circulated - I'd gladly host the lovely lady as the first in my home!

 

Paul I'm kinda suprised NGC didn't give this a FH designation as I've seen coins with lesser heads than this get the deignation . Too bad you had to sell her .

 

One of my favorite US coins. I really like circulated SLQs, epecially in VF-XF with that attractive natural grey toning you get from circulation.

 

I have been working on a set of circulated SLQ's for a while now. I have around a dozen of them so far and managed to get a good deal on a 1921 in F-12+. I am wondering if somebody could tell me why the 1921 is so much higher in value and harder to find than coins with lower mintage? This includes the 1927-S with a mintage of only 396,000.

 

I'm not sure.

 

Premature wear on the date.

Prior to the date being placed in a recessed field in 1925, the date on the SLQs would wear away more quickly, which likely results in a lower survival rate than the much lower mintage 1927-S. Additionally, there is also the factor that the SLQ was only minted in 1921 in Philly and no SLQs were minted in 1922. Therefore, the 1921 (with a mintage of about 1.9 million) had to supply two years worth of quarter demand.

The above is also likely the reason for the cost of the 1923-S SLQ as well.

 

And here are some SLQ pics I have handy: