Lot 678
1916 Liberty Standing Quarter Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65 Full Head. Super-frosty, with intense cartwheel luster swirling beneath a whisper of lilac toning. This is the key date of the series and the first year of issue. Uncirculated examples are very rare because virtually the entire mintage of only 52,000 entered circulation before the public was even made aware of their existence! Technically (and legally), this type should not even have been introduced until 1917, since Barber's design didn't officially expire until the end of 1916. Much hullabaloo has been made in the past about Liberty's naked torso -- for instance, Breen hyper-ventilated, without any evidence whatsoever, that some "Society for the Suppression of Vice" put political pressure on Mint officials to place a cover-up on Miss Liberty. In reality, the change was made at the request of the designer, Hermon MacNeil, who acknowledged the technical shortcomings of the design and who agreed to the design changes that occurred in 1917. It is these stories that add to the allure of this immensely popular coin.
Estimated Value $22,000 - 24,000.
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| Realized $26,450 |
