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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 3051643, member: 66&quot;]I think the morality idea is nonsense. The 1916&#039;s didn&#039;t come out until late December and by January they were already working on the redesign for the obverse. There really wasn&#039;t any time for any great to public outcry to have developed, especially for a coin that pretty much nobody had seen yet. There is also no documentary evidence of complaints about the bare breast. No telegrams or letters from the public or between mint officials in the archives, no mention in congressional register, it just didn&#039;t happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Much of the symbolism on the obverse of the quarter relates to the potential involvement in the war in Europe (guarding the gateway, facing the east towards Europe, and draping your shield), and I think McNeil simply realized that the idea of going into war unclothed did not make sense, so he put chain mail armor on Liberty. If you&#039;re going to war, you dress for it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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