My comments on fully struck Standing Liberty Quarters

I wrote this article while in rehab for 8weeks after foot surgery. I added the pictures after I got home. It is in PDF format since it is 17 pages long. I hope some of you will read it and all comments are welcome.

 

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Really nice article about one of my favorite series of American coinage. While I agree that strike is important, I'm a collector who covets eye appeal and luster above all else. That said, I like your checklist for strike consideration. You also correctly note that the 1930-S is never fully struck. I used to own the NGC MS67 FH shown below, how does it hold up to your checklist?



1) All rivets on the outer shield: NO
2) A complete inner shield with both vertical and horizontal lines at the top: NO
3) The fold line in the gown above the right knee with the 2 buttons at each end: YES
4) The fold of gown over the right knee: YES
5) All the toes of miss libertys right foot. YES
6) The left foot and toes are sometimes missing but are there on certain dates: ?
7) The ear hole is present. Some years the ear hole is a slit: NO
8) The 3 sprigs of leaves in lady libertys hair: YES
9) The hair line and continuing down the jaw line down libertys face: YES
10) On the reverse the top of the right wing of the eagle has the edge feathers: NO
11) On the reverse the breast feathers are there: NO

So 7, 8, & 9 are the requirements for full head which I don't think this coin has as there really is no discernible ear hole. In addition, the coin only meets 3 of your other 8 markers for a well struck coin. Compared to the intended design, this is not a well struck SLQ, but how does this coin compare to the average strike of a 1930-S? My guess is that it is well above average for the date/mm. It is like trying to compare the strike of a 1954-S Jefferson Nickel to that of 1940-D or 41-D.

I do have one request, do you think you could post a photo of the reverse of the 1921 that displays die scratches (die polishing lines) that seem to go in multiple directions? The administrator here has always contended that die polish lines can never criss cross and are always parallel.

 

Thanks for your reply. There is a picture of the 21 reverse with the die polish lines in the article.

 

Yes, I am asking you to post it here, or give me permission to post it here.

 

Sure post it. your 30-s is a nice one but nowhere a full strike. I've never seen a fully struck 30-s.