Lot 1092
1916. PCGS graded MS-63 Full Head. A lovely creamy-white specimen with satiny mint luster. In a new PCGS Shield holder. Popular Key Date and always in great demand. The standing Liberty quarter was "intended to typify in a measure the awakening interest of the country to its own protection," Mint Director von Engelken said at the time the coins first appeared early in 1917. "In the new design Liberty is shown a full-length figure, front view, with head turned toward the left, stepping forward to the gateway of the country …The left arm of the figure of Liberty is upraised, bearing the shield in the attitude of protection, from which the covering is being drawn. The right hand bears the olive branch of peace."
Issued only at Philadelphia, and then in very low numbers, survivors were saved in medium large numbers as the first of their kind. However, since only 52,000 were minted, even a large percentage of that figure is still quite low in comparison to other dates in the series. Pop 91 (PCGS # 5705) .
Estimated Value $13,000 - 14,000.
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| Realized $15,180 |
