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Just Bought This Standing Liberty Quarter - Have Questions


Just picked up this Standing Liberty Quarter
for my type set. I'll tell you straight up that
this is in a PCGS AU58 holder.

Let me know how you like it, and also can
someone tell me if this is a large or a small
mint mark.

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"America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

Comments

  • Nice looking coin, with great eye appeal. Also nicely struck overall. I am not sure about the MM though!
    Should look great in the type set.
  • MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭

    Very pretty coin.

    You have the large MM.

    I don't have close up's of my two 1928-S's,
    both varieties are PCGS 65FH.

    I'm not too sure what images I have but here goes:

    image
    Mike Hayes
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  • ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,412 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very clean surfaces. Strike imo is average for the date (I have one of these, too). Perhaps it's the lighting of the photo, but I don't see the full demarcation of the hairline and earhole for the FH designation. Agree with Mike Hayes; definitely the large S variety.
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  • MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭

    Thanks for the comments guys!!

    I thought this was a large mint mark, but
    since I didn't have a small MM to compare
    it to, I couldn't be sure.

    Yeah, the head is a little flat, but I've seen
    much worse on these quarters.

    Thanks again!!

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    "America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

  • bsshog40bsshog40 Posts: 3,767 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Why does this quarter dollar look different than yours? I'm asking because I've already been taken by a trade dollar fake and have seen a few fakes lately shown in the forum on ebay sites. I'm just trying to gain more knowledge of fakes.
    coinfacts.com
  • MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭

    > "Why does this quarter dollar look different than yours?"
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    The Standing Liberty Quarter you linked to is the
    Type 1, which was only issued in 1916 and 1917.

    The Type 1 received complaints because Miss
    Liberty's breast was exposed, leading to the
    addition of a covering of her breast in subsequent
    years.

    The reverse was also redesigned from the Type 1
    in your link, mostly evident in the realignment of
    the stars, with three stars added under the eagle.

    Sorry it took so long to answer, but I was gone
    most of the day.

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    "America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    MisterBungle, Looks like everyones too concerned with the mint mark... heck with the mintmark!

    So maybe it takes an Error Guy to take one look at your SLQ and see it's Special! image

    Your 1928-S has a Early Die State "TearDrop" CUD which started to form under the 2 stars under the W in we trust on the right side of the obverse.

    I guess PCGS didn't notice it either?

    Not earth shattering as it's small but Happy Monday as you quarters worth easily an extra $50 bucks! image
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  • DrPeteDrPete Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭
    There is an s/s variety, as well. HLRC.com has one for sale and you can see the doubled mint mark fairly well in their image. It's mentioned in CW values.
    Dr. Pete
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There is an s/s variety, as well. HLRC.com has one for sale and you can see the doubled mint mark fairly well in their image. It's mentioned in CW values.

    Yes there are 6 mint mark variations on the 1928-S SLQ including the repunched =

    S/D, S/S due east, S/S due northwest, large S/ small S, along with a single small S, or a single large S.

    Crazy days in the rolling hills in San Fran during the year of 1928! image

    MFH has it right it's just a single Large S as it extends well above the tip of the point on the star to the right of the mint mark.

    Sorry no premium on the mint mark. image
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  • MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭


    Okay ...where's my white cane with the red tip ? Why didn't I see that Tear-Drop ?

    Broadstruck - you've got razor sharp eyes for a boy your age...image
    Mike Hayes
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Coin collecting is not a hobby, it's an obsession !

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The 2 obverse die cracks off the base of olive branch and above the date are pretty cool too. image

    Not sure why these CUD's are called a Tear Drop when they are so close to Ms. Liberty's other cheeks... they always just look like a Turd to me! image
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭

    Wow!! Deja-vu!!

    Thanks Broadsturck for resurecting this old post of mine
    from January of 2007 in order to give me some ubercool
    information.

    I had heard of the "Tear Drop" cud errors on SLQ's, but
    didn't really know where to look for them. So it's the
    area between the first two stars down from the "W" in
    "WE", to Miss Liberty's leg, in that depression, Correct??

    Also, I had noticed the crack that runs from the base of
    the olive branch, through the "N", and to the rim, which
    I thought was a cool break, but I had not noticed the
    crack which runs from the top of the "8", up to the
    platform base and across the base to the rim. There
    is another crack which connects with this one just on
    the side of her foot, and goes up into her gown, as
    well as one more that runs from her gown on the other
    side, half way through her foot and stops.

    Here is a better photo of the coin. It looks like my
    photo skills have improved slightly in the past year.

    image

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    "America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    MisterBungle,

    Enclosed is a jumbo pic of a Non "Tear Drop" 1928-S with almost the same die cracks.

    As you look at the right side on the obverse under the shield...
    right next to the first star under the W in We Trust.
    On this example as Ms. Liberty steps through the gateway of America,
    there is a huge vacancy of space between her gown line and the wall.

    Now look at your pics as you will see the turd of built-up metal...
    that's your Tear-Drop CUD,
    which is also common on 1926-S and 1920-S SLQ's along with the 1928-S example you own.


    image
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭

    Thanks Broadstruck!!

    Great information!!

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    "America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.



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    Here is a better photo of the coin. It looks like my
    photo skills have improved slightly in the past year.



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    Holy crap, I'll say. That photo is amazing!
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