United States: 1929-S silver Standing Liberty quarter, from the Richard August Collection

United States: 1929-S silver Standing Liberty quarter, from the Richard August Collection

PCGS MS64. Cert. #50620450.

Numista-3573, Krause-Mishler-145.

Mintage: 1,764,000.

Ex-Northeast Numismatics, 20 August 2026, as part of a 5-coin swap deal.

This is a nice mostly-white Mint State example with decent luster. The grading services award the best-struck Standing Liberty quarters with a "FH" (Full Head) designation, because Lady Liberty's head was not always fully struck and often lacked facial features. This particular coin is not quite a Full Head example, but it's close. Liberty's head and face are fully defined, with only the slightest flatness on her ear holding this back from the FH designation.

The coin is pedigreed to the "Richard August Collection" on the slab label. Northeast Numismatics' original listing did not include a photo of the slab, and I do not recall them ever mentioning the pedigree, so I was somewhat surprised to find that there when I received the coin. I had not heard of Richard M. ("Dick") August (1940-2024), but he was apparently a prominent collector of Colonial and pre-Federal coinage. Google's AI bot describes him as a "numismatic titan". Stack's Bowers sold some of his collection in the Spring of 2025.



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I quite like like that '18-S, but you're right- I think my '29-S has just the tiniest better strike. Of course their '18-S in MS65 FH is worth a lot more. Perhaps since it is an early date for the series, those get a bit more leeway with the FH designation? I'm not a specialist in the series, so I don't know.

I figured my coin was "close enough". I got an almost-Full Head coin without paying the FH money. Bang fer the buck, y'know.