Standing Liberty Quarters

Walking Liberties are great coins. You should have a post about yours sometime.

 

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I wish I knew your financial strategy and secrets to swap out coins you wanted from your pocket change back in the 40's or 50's. You must have been one rich little kid.
I wish I could have kept all that silver in my pockets, after making my collections on my paper route back in the 60's.

 

When I was a kid, they were near the end of circulating, so I only found maybe a 1925 and 1926-S in change. Many were dateless.

I collected them as a series, but, sad to say, I retired before I could complete the set. Don't have the $$$ now to get either the 1916 or 1918-S 8/7, unless I win a lottery. However, 35 years ago, I braved a cold wave to return back to a 2-day coin show to get a nice-looking 1923-S. Recently got it graded by ANACS in AU-58.

 

I love the series but so far I just have two in my 7070 type album. My goal is to get two more to include in my parents birth year sets. Unfortunately, my mother was born in 1916. The 1923 won't be too difficult to get for my dad's birth year set unless I want the S mint as well.

 

I think SLQs are the most beautiful coin ever produced in the US. In the mid 1960s the cashiers at the Piggly Wiggly would save the older coins for me. A lot of Indian Head cents, Buffs, Mercs and a few SLQs. I was 9 or 10 then and I think my brother spent them. When I started collecting in the 80s this was the coin I looked for. I have always thought about what Lady Liberty was leaving from behind the wall and what she was entering into. I have an almost complete run of AU.
Thanks for the post!

 

Love the SLQ.... One of the reasons i purchased 4 of the gold anniversary SLQ (1916-2016)

 

Just a quick THANK YOU to all who gave me 'likes' & those of you who added their opinions & great pics to this thread. I sincerely believe that this is one of the top U.S. coins w/ regards to Artistic Design.
Side Bar:
In my active metal detecting days I recall finding just 3 SLQ's. 2 were date-less
but while digging an old dairy sight, in the older part of Houston, I recall getting a shallow signal and, thinking it probably a modern coin, scratched a beautifully white AU 1925 example w/ my recovery tool. (,,!)
For anyone wanting an in depth study of this series, I can recommend Jay H. Cline's last Edition of 'Standing Liberty Quarters'. Personally, he was not only the go-to guy for SLQ information but a kind & helpful person who is sorely missed.
J.T.

 

In the 50s I had two paper routes and one paper was considered a throw away, but we still knocked on doors to try and collect the quarter, and I had a lot of SLQ but because they were more common in that time period, I didn't put any aside, except for a 1923 S and a few others.

 

Woulda, shoulda, coulda, Mr. Man.
(Been there too!)
J.T.

 

My latest addition.

 

I have been collecting them for awhile now and like some other members here I am down to a select and expensive few. 6 to go not counting the 1916. Thats completely out of the question.

 

I am like you. I love the Standing Liberty Quarter. I only have a couple of SLQs in my collection. When the gold Mercury dime, gold Standing Liberty quarter, and the gold Liberty Walking half dollar came on sale, I was able to snatch the quarter and the half. The dime was not available at the time, but I put my name in for the gold dime, and somehow, a few thousand became available and I got one. I only had one complaint. The U.S. Mints box was soiled. I called to see if I could get another box to replace mine. I was told to send box and all back and they would see if they could replace it. RIGHT! I really like CT. You folks are the light down dark sidewalks.

 

Nice Ken - your pair of '17s are my favorites; they have that cameo look.

Great stories everyone!! It appears that this may have been the sleeper in the forums. I had just remarked to a few fellow enthusiasts recently that the SLQ might be the best looking design amongst quarters and perhaps overall amongst coins. I've been eyeing the pair I posted earlier and I think that I'll put a bid on those two (Type 1 and Type 2) this round at my LCS. The only ones I have are dateless and it's time that it changed.

 

I always liked the SLQ design, and that and the Flying Eagle cent are my favorite designs. I got a high-grade SLQ from a CT member, and really wanted the gold piece. If I am not mistaken, it originally sold from the mint for $485 which, with shipping, put it over $500. Saw one on Craigslist for $400 and was tempted, but...Craigslist...eh. When the seller came down to $380, I thought I would check it out. He had all the packaging and paperwork from when he ordered it, so, I now have one. Lowest price now on ebay, $470

 

I currently only have this one for my type set, but love this design and could see myself trying to assemble a set some day.

 

I collect circulated SLQs by date and MM. Nice circulated pieces are very attractive and I think the design is one of our most graceful and lovely. I have a 1917 Type 1 with no date that my father set aside from change probably sometime during WWII. For my type set, I am working on collecting all three types in MS-64-66 FH. This is one I've recently won at auction.

 

One of the things I did was stock shelves and sweep floors in those mom & pops. I had other small jobs. My dad was an Engineer on the RR and left his change on the table every night when he got home. I started working almost full time when I was 13. Worked from about 6 PM to about midnight. It was legal then. The way it was structured I made $1.20 an hour. That could equate to 70 dimes, or 24 quarters or 12 half dollars per night. Of course it didn't all get dispersed that way, but I had plenty to work on coin sets. Most grown men in blue-collar jobs made less than me per hour. My friends that collected would get together once or twice a month and trade. We didn't care about $$$. We just looked at the rarity in our part of the country and traded accordingly.

 

I wish I had your insight when I was 13 cutting grass and shoveling snow. I was headed straight to the candy store after those jobs.

 

My paper routes (morning and afternoon papers) helped me generate a ton of change in the late 70s/early 80s. It really hurt sometimes; save the change for the collection or go spend it at the arcades.

 

Yes, I needed the money for the next weeks papers.