1917 Standing Liberty Quarter Type 2

On the obverse lady liberty s bare breast was covered with a coat of chain mail.

1917 standing liberty quarter type 2.

The reverse was changed from having seven stars on the left side of the eagle and six stars on the. Make offer 1917 d type 1 standing liberty quarter. Over 125 00 apply price filter. The variety above is of type 2 on both the front and back of the coin.

The type design was only minted in two years 1916 and 1917. 1917 is an interesting year for collectors of standing liberty quarters as the series featured two distinct design types that year. 1917 standing liberty quarters. The difference between the type 1 vs type 2 obverse can be identified by viewing the breasts of the standing liberty portrait.

There were two major varieties of the 1917 standing liberty. Type 1 features bare breasts which offended people of the time and. Under 75 00 apply price filter. Type i features miss liberty s exposed right breast and flying eagle on the reverse hovering over empty sky.

75 00 to 125 00 apply price filter. The difference between the type 1 vs type 2 obverse can be identified by viewing the breasts of the standing liberty portrait. Liberty s right breast was fully exposed and this caused quite an uproar at the time. The 1917 standing liberty quarter is one of the classic type coin issues of the 20th century.

Pcgs au55fh certified full head 1917 standing liberty quarter type 1 pcgs ms 62 fh full head certified slab 360 00. Type 1 2 and 3 standing liberty quarters. The variety above is of type 2 on both the front and back of the coin. However a handful of specimen examples of the 1917 type 1 issue that is the coins struck early in 1917 before macneil revised the design exist.

Type 1 features bare breasts which offended people of the time and. The standing liberty quarter is the only 20th century regular issue us coin for which no proof coins were struck. New listing 1917 s type 2 standing liberty quarter 25c nice coin. The mystery of the 1917 quarters 2 1 2004 the standing liberty quarter dollar of 1916 30 was designed and sculpted by hermon a.

There were two major varieties of the 1917 standing liberty. Most collectors of united states coins are familiar with the two distinctive versions coined during 1917. Save 1917 s standing liberty quarter type 2 to get e mail alerts and updates on your ebay feed. Approximately halfway through 1917 the obverse and the reverse design on the standing liberty quarter was changed.

The design was very beautiful one of the most striking of any u s.