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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;phubanks, post: 894096, member: 23286&quot;]hey thanks for the historical update.&nbsp; i wasnt alive in 1917 so I was relying on this write up I found on the web (see red below) but you are right ... it does say it&#039;s not well documented, however it wouldn&#039;t surprise me if some groups werent complaining (why else cover the breast?)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The first Standing Liberty Quarter coins came of the Philadelphia&nbsp; presses on December 16, 1916 and the series continued through 1930. A&nbsp; mere 52,000 pieces were minted in those last two weeks of 1916 and were&nbsp; released to the public along with 1917 dated coins in early 1917. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: Red">Legend&nbsp; has it that shortly after the release there was a public outcry over&nbsp; the exposed right breast of Lady Liberty. Others complained that the&nbsp; small eagle looked like a pigeon. Whether this led to the design change&nbsp; is not well documented as there were also stacking issues with the Type I&nbsp; coins. </span></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>In any event, the design was changed in 1917 to cover the right&nbsp; breast with chain-mail as well as minor changes to the back of the coin&nbsp; which moved three stars beneath the eagle, thereby raising and centering&nbsp; the eagle. Thus was born the Type II Standing Liberty Quarter.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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