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BeitragVerfasst: 20. Feb 2011, 20:29 
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For many, many years, one of the favorite stories in the American coin hobby has been about the design change in the Standing Liberty quarter from the bare-chested type of 1916-17, to the chain-mail types of 1917-30 (‘17-24 and ’25-30).

But the American coin hobby is slowly discarding its conventional narrative of a loud public outcry about Miss Liberty’s “immodesty” having forced the design change. Despite very determined research, it seems there is just no evidence of such public protests. The redesign seems instead to have been initiated by the designer himself, because he was dissatisfied with the coin as it appeared in 1916.

MacNeil’s dissatisfaction may have begun with design details like the unbalanced placement of the eagle, but it seems clear that somewhere in the redesign process the feeling took root that the Standing Liberty quarter of 1916 was already a coin overtaken by events.

In November 1916, Woodrow Wilson had won reelection as president with the campaign slogan “He kept us out of war.” But the political environment changed almost immediately. Germany resumed its sinking of American (and other neutral) ships; the Zimmerman telegram further transformed public opinion. On 6 April 1917, the U.S. went to war with Germany.

And there, in that profound and rapid change in public mood and national purpose, seems to be the real reason for the design change of the Standing Liberty in 1917. Miss Liberty’s “immodesty” had little or nothing to do with it—except, perhaps, that her lack of cover gave the impression that she was fundamentally unprepared.

Below, the second (and better prepared) Miss Liberty of 1917.

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BeitragVerfasst: 21. Feb 2011, 12:49 
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Hi villa,

once again an interesting background story behind the design of a coin ... thanks! I have to admit, however, that I didn`t recognize the difference of the two versions, since the majority of this type usually shows up in such a worn condition that Miss Liberty seems to have been stripped of her armoured top again ... just by the course of time. :roll:

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BeitragVerfasst: 22. Feb 2011, 18:17 
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klaupo hat geschrieben:
...since the majority of this type usually shows up in such a worn condition....

Absolutely right! Because they lost their dates and were uncollectible as a result, many of the 1916-24 Standing Liberty quarters circulated deep into the 1960s. I pulled this one off my father’s dresser when I was a boy.

I cannot overestimate the torture this coin--and the many other dateless coins of this type--put me through.

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BeitragVerfasst: 25. Feb 2011, 02:31 
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Ignored by many of the general catalogs of world coins is the profound difference between the dates of the 1916-1924 Standing Liberty quarters and those of 1925-1930. (Although indirect evidence of the change can be seen in the price differences at the 1924/1925 breakpoint.

The quarters of 1925-30 have “recessed dates,” where the numerals are cut into the pedestal. Without their dates exposed, the 1925-30 coins behaved much better in circulation than did the 1916-1924 coins, many of which—as has already been mentioned—lost their dates well before the end of their circulating careers.

Here’s a look at the two types together, with the “recessed date” type of 1925-1930 at top:

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