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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You are correct. If it has no stars under the Eagle, on reverse,
and a "S" mint mark, that would make it a 1917 S Type one quarter..
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 to the Community If I were trying to sort out the Standing Liberty quarters, the first thing I would do is sort them out by Type 1 versus Type 2. Once I had them sorted that way, I would go through the Type 1's and look for mint marks: D for Denver and S for San Francisco. Any Type 1 with a mint mark is automatically a 1917. There is a picture somewhere in this forum showing the diagnostics on how to differentiate between a 1916 and 1917 type 1. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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As you might imagine, dateless SL quarters are not usually worth much money, but it's always fun to explore. Welcome to the forum!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That is a pretty nice inheritance. My condolences. As far as pics go; A scanner would probably be easiest, for the lower grade coins, if you have access to one. There is also a pretty significant melt value there. You can roll the coins in paper rolls from the bank. Just be sure to mark them! You can check the actual metal value over at (124) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed . Be sure to set aside early Mercs and any that look to be in OUTSTANDING condition for future research. 2x2 flips are your friends if you dont already have some. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice inheritance!! Half, been awaiting your response to US-PI coins. I found more by the way!!
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New Member
 United States
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  *** Edited by Staff to add images to post. ***well I attempted photos, but definitely need more light. Camera was a Canon T3 with the 18-55 lens, and my kids desk lamp haha. Did the manual settings from one of the links here. Yes, the coin is pretty well worn as you can see. And its really not brownish, although that is probably due to the low light. Edited by Cilantro De Herb
07/07/2015 11:13 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There is too much wear to determine if the quarter is type 1 1917s or another date with a San Francisco origin.
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New Member
United States
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Probably so, the only clues I used was the thin hair curl and the lack of stars under the eagle.
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Valued Member
United States
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Chop mark on the reverse?
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Valued Member
United States
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A lot of the standing libertys we inherited look similar and are worn. They are still pretty cool to have! As far as the short snorter, I haven't seen where they are really valuable unless they contain a famous signature like a general or president. My mother in law framed her father's short snorter with his picture, a small print of his army papers, his dog tags, and a short description. She gave it to my husband and we display it in our entryway. I love it.  |
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New Member
United States
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That is awesome! I have designs of doing something similar.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Your lucky to inherit such awesome coins! There is (was) only one collecor besides me in my family, my great grandmother.
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Pillar of the Community
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There is too much wear to determine if the quarter is type 1 1917s or another date with a San Francisco origin. Stop right there. >No stars under eagle >Must be 1916-1917 >They did not make S-mint 1916's >Would have to be a 1917 S T1 You can clearly see the curve of the "S". |
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Pillar of the Community
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I was just about to say that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Welcome Cilantro,
I have a lots of old WWII South Pacific, Korean War and earlier bills from my daughter in laws father who was a Vet. Most were well worn and came off the battle field. Some are North Korean he told me
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Posted 07/07/2015 1:11 pm
