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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 2849095, member: 77413&quot;]The Standing Liberty Quarter was first issued in 1916 and last issued only 15 years later, in 1930. In that time period the design changed twice, resulting in Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3 designations for the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Type 1 was only issued in 1916 and part of 1917. Design features that are defining for this type are the laurel branch covering the L in LIBERTY, the bare breast, a whole lot of rivets on the shield, and the eagle situated towards the bottom of the reverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]675753[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The type 2 revision covered up Liberty&#039;s breast, changed the braiding of her hair, and moved the branch she holds. The writing on the wall looks less detailed to me. On the reverse the eagle was moved up and now dominates the center of the coin. Three stars were moved to make room.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]675754[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As shown here, the date is still high and unprotected, and is prone to being poorly struck. It starts to wear quickly. The top of the &quot;1918&quot; is already compromised while the rest of the coin is quite detailed.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Type 2 continued until 1925, when a design change was made to better protect the date from wearing off. This version, Type 3, continued until the end of the series.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are comparisons of the Type 1 and Type 3 obverses. The dishing of the date field is easy to see.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]675755[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the initial reverse on the left compared to the Type 3 on the right.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]675756[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This note is not meant to be definitive in any way, but just an opportunity to compare and contrast a few coins. Any other SLQ photos are certainly welcomed![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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