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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blissskr, post: 1347657, member: 34882&quot;]My favorite coin is the United States Standing Liberty quarter. The design is my favorite amongst all coins I’ve collected and it’s also rich with history. The coin design replaced the Barber quarter and was selected through a contest run by the mint. The coin features Liberty on the obverse standing in between a gate with a shield in her left hand and an olive branch in her right, the reverse features a very nice eagle in flight with two wings spread high. Although first minted in 1916 the coin wasn’t released into public circulation until 1917 and would be minted until 1930 although no quarters were minted in 1922; with only two changes during that period. There are stories that there was public outcry in 1917 when the coin was released due to the coin being distasteful and obscene as the original design featured Liberty with one breast bare. Although the coins sculptor Hermon MacNeil is said to have asked for the design to be changed as he didn’t think the original design was up to his standards due to changes made by the mint to his design this led to a change in late 1917. Thus there are two versions of this coin referred to as type 1&nbsp; with bare breast and type 2 with liberty wearing chain mail covering her breast. There were also changes to the reverse with the placement of the 13 stars in relation to the majestic flying eagle at this time being altered. They changed from seven stars on the left and six on the right too five on each side and three below the eagle. Interestingly the coin can be found quite readily in decent shape but with worn off dates, this is due to the fact when first minted and until 1925 the date was raised up off the coin which led to it wearing away during normal circulation which the mint recognized as a major problem. This led to the change in 1925 with the date being recessed to combat the excessive wear problem on the dates. I find a distinctive beauty in the coin especially the reverse’s eagle design. Ranked amongst all U.S. quarters I think it’s hard to find a more beautiful coin than the standing liberty that is more readily available in good condition and within the price range of most collectors making it easy enough to complete the entire set of mint years. This reason in my opinion makes it a nice place to start for someone getting into collecting as the coin itself is beautiful and the span of mint years is both limited but also challenging due to the problems with the dates wearing off found on earlier versions of the coin. I’ll finish with two photos.</p><p>Type 1 (bare breast) and Type 2 (covered breast)</p><p>[ATTACH]155902.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]155903.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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