A lustrous Stander, a fine Barber and a Merc with skin cancer

skierbob · May 22, 2009

Hunted my favorite wooded area again today. Found some nice coins along the ridge of a hill. A really nice 1918 Standing Liberty Quarter was found at only two inches deep. This coin could be graded AU. Still has luster, especially on the reverse. A nice Barber Quarter was found about 4 inches deep. It's got a full liberty on the headband and could be graded fine. A Mecrury dime was found 3 inches deep in coal ash dirt. I wouldn't know what to grade it as the surfaces of the coin are kind of crusty.

Here's the blazing Stander:

The Barber Quarter:

The Merc:

crazyjarhead · May 26, 2009

Great coinage, Bob, especially the SLQ :headbang:

texjim · May 26, 2009

nice job.. that coal ash is pretty ruff on coins

Deno · May 26, 2009

The SLQ is about as sweet as any i have ever seen. The Barber is no skank. The dime is a little ugly.
On a good day i would probably drive 100 miles for a hunt like that. Fantastic day.

Bob S · May 27, 2009

Nice Finds WTG

Natman · May 27, 2009

I wanted to ask again...how many years did they make Variety 1 Standing Libertys? I thought they were only struck up to 1917 :icon_scratch:

Nat

Moonshadow · May 27, 2009

Beautiful coins! Big congrats!! :icon_thumright:

HH,
Moon

1235CE · May 27, 2009

just what everybody else said, SWEET STANDING LIBERTY QUARTER!!!!.......really something special there, best Standing Lib I've EVER seen on this, or any other forum......AU all day long (and most of tomorrow) :icon_thumright:

Nat, they minted the Variety I (bare breasted, no stars below eagle on the reverse) for all of 1916 and approximately half of 1917 at which time they covered the chest and added three stars below the eagle therefore creating Variety II until they stopped minting them in 1930. Hope that helps.

Again, huge congrats on a beautiful quarter!!!!!

HH all!

Greg

curbdiggercarl57 · May 27, 2009

You need to send that quarter in to be graded, amazing condition. Work of art ya got there.

Natman · May 27, 2009

1235CE said:
Nat, they minted the Variety I (bare breasted, no stars below eagle on the reverse) for all of 1916 and approximately half of 1917 at which time they covered the chest and added three stars below the eagle therefore creating Variety II until they stopped minting them in 1930. Hope that helps.

Greg, I'm still not clear on this :icon_scratch:

Bob has a Variety 1 SLQ of 1918..at least on the Liberty side..the stars below the eagle suggests Variety II. My red book doesn't have a listing for it - they don't show any "bare breasted" SLQ's made after 1917.

Nat

1235CE · May 27, 2009

no problem Nat.......I think this link should clear things up for you.........http://coins.about.com/od/famousrarecoinprofiles/l/bl-standing-liberty-quarter-bare-breasted.htm

3RINGER · May 27, 2009

SAA

WTG

Natman · May 27, 2009

1235CE said:
no problem Nat.......I think this link should clear things up for you.........http://coins.about.com/od/famousrarecoinprofiles/l/bl-standing-liberty-quarter-bare-breasted.htm

Thanks, I was fooled by the angle of Bob's picture..I couldn't tell if Miss Liberty was decent

and thought he may have dug up a rarity.

Nat

skierbob · May 27, 2009

Thanks everybody for the kind words.

Natman, I'm sorry I didn't get back to you to answer your question. I hadn't looked at the post in a few days, thinking that everyone was done with it.

Here's a clearer shot of the Type 2 1918 Stander: