I went hunting for the most beautiful toned SLQ I could find ....
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The Standing Liberty Quarter has always been a favorite of mine. So I was poking around on CoinFacts, trying to come up with the most beautifully toned example I could find. I was surprised how hard it was to find especially pretty rainbow examples. There was some great toning, but not as smooth or spot free as you get in other 20th century series. I did toss in a few non-toned examples that struck me. I wonder if in this series you are almost better off going for white examples. The grades on the following range from MS67 t0 MS68+. I ordered them by date/mint. I think my favorite might be the 1924, it's not the most colorful, but very close to perfection in my eyes. The most vibrant color is on one of the 1927-D's, but it's a bit splotchy. The 1919-S and 1929-S are both pretty nice and would rank high in my book. What do you all think? Which is your favorite?
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Those are fantastic examples! I like the 1929 second from the bottom Amazing. Always loved the SLQ's, as the design is really unique. Here is my 1917....I opted for a mainly white one, but like you, love the color.
Wow. That's a chunk of change. The 17D and 29S are my favorite of the group. Do you know who owns them?
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Great coins. My fav is the 1924.
Here's one I used to own:
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@WingedLiberty1957.... Of the one's you posted, I like the 1917 (43076269) the best. And that
1917 posted by @Eldorado9 is really great. Cheers, RickO
Any more “color” is just an un-welcome distraction to my eyes.
I do still own this beautiful 1928-D SLQ. It's some of the best toning I've ever seen on a PCGS-certified coin graded About Good (AG3). I nabbed this beauty raw off ebay for $22 back in January 2016. PCGS graded it problem free first time through.
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I did own this one for about 10 years ... only graded MS64+ but it's got a nice look for lower end MS. Honestly this looked more like an MS66 to my eye.
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WHOA! Those are some seriously beautiful pieces my coin brother😳
If I had to pick just one of the coins as my favorite it would be a tough task. But, with that said I’ll have to go with the 20-S as it is a standout.
VERY beautiful, all of ‘em.
Congratulations on such a beautiful set👍
I have dabbled with color in this set and it is really difficult to find attractive colors. This is the most beautiful one in my collection. Beautiful blue colors around liberty and the eagle. This image does not do it justice in hand and I accidentally deleted the larger images.
From the pictures I think I like the 17-S T1 the best. Tis tough to choose!
Hard to say given that the TV's may not be very accurate. So, while several look nice, I don't want to choose since the color as presented may be unreliable.
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I’ll take the ‘16 and ‘27-S. Not the nicest of the group, but I’ll take ‘em due to their rarity. 👌
The 20-S and 27-D are certainly extremely well-toned with nice coloration and quite rare as such. I have not seen any toned this nice in hand.
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I like the subtle rim toning of the '24 and '29. I jumped at the chance to own the late DPooles white hammered example though.
Every coin posted is beautiful! I've always liked SLQ's in white so I'm going with the 17 t2 for my favorite.Great thread !
What Beautiful Specimens of fine art!
Why RickO, well, it's a start.
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I also like the 1920, 1927 and 1929.
All stellar!!
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WOW!
Great looking coins.
Here is one that I used to own.
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You don't see these toned up as much as the Barber and Washington quarters for some reason. Nice examples!
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I'm partial to this one. Believe I've seen a video of it and it's just stunning.
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Those are some gorgeous SLQs! @AuroraBorealis had two excellent ones although I believe both grade 66. Both are shown above with consecutive Cert numbers (posted while I was writing this). Here’s a video of my avatar coin that is a 66*
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CbbPsq6gvRT/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
I have another one in 67+:
@WingedLiberty1957 Nice thread. I'm going with the two 17's in your post. If its a give away I'll take the 16.
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Here’s one I was after for about 4 years and finally purchased from my good friend, @clarkbar04 . I very much appreciate him selling it to me.
There's a whole bunch toned like that probably from an original roll. I'll show them later if somebody quotes me and reminds me tomorrow.
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Here's my humble addition to the awesome coins in this thread. Been in my collection for almost a decade at this point.
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Here are its friends. Offered without comment or criticism at anybody. All active certs as far as I can tell.
68's
67+'s
67's
66's
Draw your own conclusions. I'm sure a few of these have been further regraded since.
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Thanks for posting these @DelawareDoons. My conclusion is that I should probably get all those duplicates taken down and help the perceived rarity of my coin! That 68 is a recent upgrade (which means mine is no longer tied for top pop anyway). In my opinion the two best of the group were both 66 at one point and are now 67+. The 68 has the least attractive toning and a big hit at the top of the leg.
It’s funny that my coin is actually all 3 of the MS67s above. At one point it was stickered at that level too (or possibly as a 67+) but it was not reapplied before I won it some years ago.
It’s a remarkable group and I would love to know how they were discovered. It’s only for 1920 that SLQs like these exist.
After reviewing, I'm guessing they were pulled out of an old album from a cherrypicking collector of the time. Remarkable group and yours certainly stands out even within the group, to me.
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I remember seeing a 1920 like that thru the years...and I thought it was just ONE coin. Yikes!
From a roll?
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That might be the most detailed head I've ever seen ... You can even see detals of the eye area very clearly. Lets call that Full Full Head (FFH)!
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