1916 Standing Liberty Quarter found in APMEX bag!

My dad ordered $5 face silver from APMEX a few days ago when it was slightly down. It came last night in quarters.(He asked for dimes) There were 10 Standing Libertys, and 2 were Type 1's. All the liberties appeared to have no date. I looked at the quarters under a desk lamp and loupe. To my surprise, a T1 had a small rise where the 4th digit of the date should be. I held the quarter under a more powerful loupe and the 4th digit turned out to be a 6. I called in my dad to show him my discovery. He was very surprised. He put the quarter in his Dansco album. In return for finding it, he let me take some Washingtons for my Whitman folder. I'll try to get pics on later if he'll let me.

 

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wow, that is great. I bet your dad thought that hole would never be filled.

 

He'd told me that a while ago while showing me his collection. Glad to help him out.

 

Congrats!!!!!!!!! Cannot wait to see the pics.

 

That's a huge find , with only around 50,000 minted congrats on finding it .

 

FWIW


http://www.slqs.com/



Light russet. Very original
1916 VG8

Light russet. Very original -- Price: $5,250.00

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Congratulations! Glad to hear it was from Apmex. TC

 

Yes - Apmex is not honest.

 

Nice find congrats

 

Thats awesome! 2 years ago I got an 1860-S Seated Liberty quarter in junk silver. It was probably an FR-2. But like your Standing Lib, there were only 56,000 minted for that issue. I recently sold it for $229.00. Not bad for a $3 investment! I wanted to keep it but I'm putting that money towards something else...maybe a GSA morgan or some gold bullion.

 

"I found treasure in my rolls"

 

I finally got some pics:

 

The other Type I is a 1917-s. Here's a pic of it:

 

I would never see that

 

Wow, what an awesome story! Truly one in billion chance of that ever happening, and you are the lucky ONE!

 

Unfortuneately it's not a 1916. The bottom of the drapery is not the correct type for 1916.

 

I agree, both of the quarters you posted are 1917.

http://www.thecoinlook.com/1916slq.htm

Still a cool story though...but not as happy of an ending after all.

 

At least (or so I hope) this all was a good learning experience. I am sorry the coin is not what you and your father had hoped.

 

How do you think the 6 got there? Was it added by someone in attempt to throw a collector off?