1924 SLQ - Last of Three for the Type Set

I've been looking for some time for a nice 1919 or 1920 SLQ in MS-65 or 66 to replace the 1917-D ANACS EF-45 in my type set. I already had Variety 1 as a 1917 PCGS MS-64FH and the Variety 3 as a 1930 PCGS MS-65FH. My preference for these coins is a blast white appearance since I've never liked the way SLQs tone. So, I've been looking for the Variety 2 with that look. A full-head was not a requirement but I wasn't averse to it.

I found a coin in a GC auction that I liked and won it last night by one bid increment. Bidding was pretty stiff. This 1924 is a NGC MS-66 CAC. While it's not a FH, I think it's still a nice coin and satisfies all my criteria for appearance. Not the strongest strike; shield lines are mushy as are toes and eagle's breast feathers.

The 1924 (seller's photos) and the 1917 and 1930 are shown below.

Now the 17-D that was in the Type Set transfers to the Circulated SLQ set where there are only the 1916, 1919-S and 1920-D left to go.

 

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That’s sure a beautiful coin! Congratulations!

 

Thanks. I hope it looks good in-hand. Of course, when I put it under the 30X stereo microscope, it will magnify any and all faults. Maybe I shouldn't do that.

 

Very nice strange thing, it is the same SLQ i need for my type set (have the 17 and a 27 at moment) just need the type 2 now

 

You might want to focus on the 1919 and 1920. My research indicates these were among the best struck and most common/least expensive of the Type 2s.

Of course, the 1917 Type 2 is usually well struck and not that expensive. But I was averse to having two 1917s representing both the Type 1 and Type2.

I picked up a book at my LCC auction for $10 two years ago that I use for my reference for SLQs. It is the fourth edition of Standing Liberty Quarters by the late J.H. Cline.

 

My preference for these coins is a blast white appearance since I've never liked the way SLQs tone.

You don’t like toned SLQs…??? Where’s that ignore button? :-D

 

Ouch! I don't like liver, either.

 

You have some nice coins. I see you got the one from Great Collections.

 

I'm not going to ask how much was paid for your coin, but I would like to know what is the best source (other than auctions) that I might be able to get a decent SLQ. I've only got a couple of them and only one is graded. It, too, is a 1924 however, only an MS61.

 

Nice coin! It looks to have great luster and clean surfaces.
I also rarely like the toning on SLQs (I may have seen one or two over many years that looked attractive).

 

Since I can't know what you mean by "decent", my comments must be somewhat
general. As far as I'm concerned, decent coins run the entire grade gamut. If your goal is a coin that is very nice for the grade, then the key point to be made is to be able to identify those qualities that make it so and then make sure you have the resources needed to acquire it when the opportunity arises. Because if you're being really particular, those opportunities won't arise very often.

By way of example, the 17-D in ANACS XF-45 that I mentioned above but did not show is a perfectly nice circulated coin that was purchased from a junk coin dealer at a local show. He just happened to have a nice coin amongst his usual dreck and I purchased it as a hole filler for the type set since it didn't meet my grade requirement for that set. But it did meet my grade and quality standard for my Circulated SLQ set. So the 17-D is a "decent" coin and perfectly suited for one of my collections but not for another.

Of the three SLQs I pictured above, two were obtained from GC auctions and one was purchased at the FUN show from a well-known dealer of high-end late 19th and 20th century coins. I have scoured all types of sources looking for the coins that I want. I spent about three years searching for the three SLQs for my type set, rejecting about 95% of all coins looked at for one reason or another.

Jim, I think the best place to search for value and quality or whatever mix of those two characteristics is right for you is---auctions. And that is primarily because you can see thousands of coins with good to great photos and do so from the comfort of your easy chair. The well-known auction houses are honest, professional and easy to deal with. It pays to familiarize yourself with their terms & conditions. These would be Heritage, Great Collections, Stacks-Bowers, and even Legend if your blood is that aristocratic.

But if auctions are out for you, then the second-best place is large coin shows. And I do mean the large ones like FUN, Baltimore, the ANA Money Show, Long Beach. That's because it draws the bigger dealers that usually, not always but usually, have the nicest and widest range of material. And there are a lot of dealers and thus a lot of material on display. The big shows nearly always host one of the big auction houses where you can do "lot viewing" to see and hold the actual coin you might be interested in bidding on. Local shows are not nearly as good a source for nice material but that's not to say you can't find something nice at them. It's just more likely to be a happenstance with the small, local shows. In either case, whether the show be large or small, you have to go to them and spend time looking.

The third is a trusted dealer - one that you know and have a good relationship with. Someone you can place a want list with and trust he/she knows what you're after in terms of quality, grade and price.

Finally, and definitely in last place IMO, are places like eBay where the reputations and the photos can be definitely third-rate. Not that you can't find a gem of a dealer or a coin there but it's much more of a gamble.

If I didn't answer your question, then PM me and we can discuss it further.

 

Great looking coins that really pop with rolling luster.

 

Fed Ex delivered today. The 1924 actually looks better in hand than in the photos. Very pleased.

Interestingly, there are some small die cracks, not visible unaided, across the bottom of eagle's breast and across top of left wing. Unusually, these are at the bottom of the die not in the fields.

Also, while definitely not a full head, the ear hole is visible. Only the tops of the leaves are visible.

 

I am not proficient with auctions. I've only attended 1 auction and won a full set of Louis L'amour's books, which is another of my hobbies.
Anyway, I would look at the auction sites you mentioned and see what I would have to do to bid on coins.
Thank you for your text. I have copied it and will keep it in my files. Another problem I have is that I would like to learn how to start a thread. I was given the instructions a while back and I lost them. At 74, I do have difficulty remembering things. I also bought a digital microscope, but don't have a camera to link with it. I would like to show some of the coins that I got in my inventory.

 

Very nice! The type 2 is the last SLQ I need for my type set as well.

 

Select a thread: For example: US Coins Forum.

Look to the right at the top of the threads

You'll see start new thread.

Click on it, enter a topic.

Move down to the body of the thread, and start typing.

You did it.

 

@Publius2, Looks like our tastes are close when it comes to a type set with you having the edge.
Here are the grades on my SL Quarters:
Variety 1 - 1917 PCGS MS-64 FH
Variety 2 - 1923 NGC MS-65
Variety 3 - 1929 NGC MS-64

 

Show! Show!

 

Fortunately I have images of these coins

 

Looks like I botched my post a bit but it also looks like you can still see large images if you click on each of the small ones.