Walking Lib Halves or Standing Lib Quarters?

So I'm thinking about putting together a dansco of one of these sets. Here is the issue they will be circulated examples of the coins. I am having some health challenges in my family so my budget is not as good as it usually is for coins, but I need to get my mind off of the issue and I think coins will help. I have seen these circulated sets and they look classic.

So for you guys that have done this before which set do you recommend and why?

Ok even if you haven't done wither of these sets which one would you do?

 

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They are both the very prettiest coins (in my Humble opinion) that our government ever produced.
I think Walking Liberty would be the easier to get good examples of.
Standing Seems to be tough.

 

I believe you'll determine the Walking Liberties to be relatively easily located/acquired in a respectable grade at ~one-third the cost of a comparable Standing Liberty set condition.

JMHO

 

The 1916 quarter could be a pretty big stopper. If it were me I'd probably go for the Walking Liberty Halves, but either design is nice.

 

Yeah I know about the 1916. What would be considered the keys and semi keys of each series in circulated condition?

 

Standing Liberty Keys; 1916,1919d,1919s,1921, 1923s

 

A lot of people collect a "short set" of Liberty Walking halves, 1941-47. I'm considering that. They are readily available in MS grades. The only Walkers I have now are the 40-42 proofs, but I really love the coin.

 

Last week my local shop showed me a 1916 quarter in PCGS AU 55 for an affordable $10,000

 

Be sure and buy a spare while you're at it.

 

Yes they are a pretty penny.

 

It was a nice coin but imagine buying it than cracking it out to place it in your album.

 

I liked circulated Walkers

 

I just checked in my book there was an auction in January 2015, an MS67FH 1916 went for $148,875 and an MS66FH went for $52,875 in the same month.

 

Obviously.

 

I love both coins. But my wallet likes the Walker's better. When I even think about Standing Libertys my wallet slaps me in the butt and say's "Don't even think about it".

 

The Walker short set is a good suggestion. You might also consider date sets of either (and just forget about the 1916 SLQ).

 

What are a few of the common dates for the Standing Liberty quarter? Specifically the most readily available/affordable in mid MS grades if you happen to know.

edit: think I found my answer scanning HA and ebay. Wow, expensive coins but really like them. May have to pass, if I buy one I'm gonna want more probably best to not even get started here lol

 

SLQs as stated above, but there are a bunch of "lesser keys" that get expensive in higher grades (and here, "higher grade" might mean "better than VG"). There's also a 1918/7-S overdate that's pricey.

For Walking Liberty, 1921-D is the big one, followed by 1921-P, 1916-S, 1921-S, and 1938-D. All three 1919 issues are a bit scarce, especially in higher grades. In fact, the early issues in general are expensive for nicer grades; the later ones, especially 1941 and beyond, are abundant and cheap in all but the highest MS grades.

 

Yeah, that depends on your wallet. For "mid MS", you'll be digging for hundreds. With a lot of scouring, you can sometimes get a nice deal on a high AU, and those are plenty attractive for me.

 

I think walkers look ugly in lower circulated grades. The obverse ends up looking like a plain column with a tripod at the bottom. Ugly.

SLQs look beautiful in lower grades. The set is almost impossible to complete though. Do you want easy or attractive? If you want both, go for the walker short set. If you want attractive, go for the SLQs.