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A Standing Liberty Quarter Full Head Detail Most Have Never Seen...

BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Even if your chasing fully struck Standing Liberty Quarters in 100% Ultimate Full Head MS67or higher you almost never see a twisted braid of hair right over the ear hole.

A crude old close-up of one of my 1920-D's with the full coin below -

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  • ldhairldhair Posts: 7,242 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks. Have never seen that.
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  • Bankerbob56Bankerbob56 Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭
    NICE.............
    What we've got here is failure to communicate.....

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  • mariner67mariner67 Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭
    Wow. I agree, have never seen such detail before.
    Great coin and thanks for sharing.
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  • COALPORTERCOALPORTER Posts: 2,900 ✭✭
    struck through "lint mark" - what ever that line is continues out the forehead.?
    i dont think that is an intended design detail.
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>struck through "lint mark" - what ever that line is continues out the forehead.?
    i dont think that is an intended design detail. >>



    It's a raised die crack that starts at the rim just above the E in Liberty, extends through her forehead and terminates at the hairline.
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  • bestclser1bestclser1 Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    Great head Frank!image
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  • CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    She is like a human unicorn! Love that die crack. image
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  • TwobitcollectorTwobitcollector Posts: 3,420 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow very nice!!
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  • CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,630 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Even on this hammered one some parts of the design are weak. A pity they could not have made a good number of proofs to truly express the design.
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  • mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Great head Frank!image >>




    Agree! image

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  • MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭

    Great coin for sure.

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  • CoinspongeCoinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭
    That die must have cracked pretty early on.
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  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Even on this hammered one some parts of the design are weak.

    i have always felt that this series suffers from uneven strikes to a higher degree than most others. while some series' might have areas of weak strike such as a high central point of detail, SLQ's often are weak in different areas.
  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 13,977 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't know where you find these coins Frank, but this one is over the top !! Very nice piece and thanks for showing such a well struck example....Joe
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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,410 ✭✭✭✭✭
    thats a great coin and a die crank by the looks of it as well. wtg image
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is one super SLQ.....Cheers, RickO
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,227 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This degree of "Full Head" strength is so rare that the industry agrees to tolerate lesser strikes as "Full Head," even though they are not THIS full.

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    TTT for FH on SLQ nonbelievers
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  • clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 4,947 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>TTT for FH on SLQ nonbelievers >>



    Very cool. I believe.
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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Full shield, too. That in and of itself is unusual.
  • OverdateOverdate Posts: 7,016 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Even on this hammered one some parts of the design are weak. A pity they could not have made a good number of proofs to truly express the design. >>


    Maybe next year?

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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,507 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice. Not every FH SLQ has a Full Shield with all of the rivets. It is nice to see that this example achieves that and what I would refer to as a Full Strike! I wish a lot of the designations would go away (FH, FB, FS, etc) and just simply be replaced with Full Strike. It is sad when you see a coin designated with FH and then a terrible shield.

    Nice example, Broadstruck!
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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Nice. Not every FH SLQ has a Full Shield with all of the rivets. It is nice to see that this example achieves that and what I would refer to as a Full Strike! I wish a lot of the designations would go away (FH, FB, FS, etc) and just simply be replaced with Full Strike. It is sad when you see a coin designated with FH and then a terrible shield.

    Nice example, Broadstruck! >>



    Couldn't agree more, dimeman.
  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wrong guy-couldn't agree more, keyman!
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have always thought that the FH element on the SLQ is the only design where the "full anything" enhances the appearance of the coin.
  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,310 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>struck through "lint mark" - what ever that line is continues out the forehead.?
    i dont think that is an intended design detail. >>



    It's a raised die crack that starts at the rim just above the E in Liberty, extends through her forehead and terminates at the hairline. >>

    Unless my eyes deceive me, the crack appears to go beyond the back of her head almost to the rim,although in a much fainter manner.
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  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,246 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Your OP image never did pop up on Firefox, but I did see it on tinypic...very nice detail indeed! I have a similar die crack into the head of Liberty, albeit slightly higher, and she has a pretty detailed head as well.
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  • TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
    Accented Hair variety image
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Happy to see this SLQ again.... that is one fine specimen.... Cheers, RickO

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