14 Days Of Standing Liberty Quarters! Post Yours!

She's a beauty!!!

My only other SLQ, occupying the Type II slot in my 7070. The photos are not the best and should server as a reminder that anyone with an SLQ can post a photo!

Missed it again

1924

You folks with your magnificent specimens and your unbridled enthusiasm for the pocket change of a prior age have coaxed me to dig into deep storage. It's been a couple of decades or more since I last looked at these SLQ's. There were 44 in an old pill vial, just enough to fill it. I was surprised to find only four had unreadable dates. And there were no type 1's, nor anything readable earlier than 1925.
Feel free to roast my well-worn flock over the spit of scorn, but keep in mind these WERE pocket change not too long ago, acquired not from roll hunting or coin shop frequenting, but culled from general circulation just prior to the near-complete vanishing of silver from the tills and change purses of America.
I am surprised to read posts from those who have none or very few of these. They are pretty easy to obtain. Tonight on my weekly scrap-silver pick, I decided to see what was in the quarter tub. I came home with an additional thirteen SLQ's with good readable dates, plus one very unreadable type 1. Bottom coin in the group pic is from tonight's gleanings. The others came from supermarkets, gas stations, lunch counters at various diners.. those were the days, my friends; they'll not come again.

circulated 1925's:



type 1 from the scrap bucket:

Below is a counterfeit 1926 ( yes I know I am a tad early ) that has my grandfathers name scratched into the reverse and our old hometown name. The back is smooth and without any detail of a coin.
It is made of lead. I think he made it by casting it in soap. I'm sure he made more.
As a little kid, a wee little one I remember Dad and Uncle laughing about it in Pop Pop's cellar. They called it a slug. It is actually the first coin I really ever remember examining, so I would say, this coin got me interested in the hobby.
It's not worth much but to me it is a life long keeper I hope to pass down in the family.

mysilveryears wrote:




NEVER!! I like 'em all!

I can appreciate the most well worn P01 coin for it's history and service to our country all the way to the MS65 Full Head specimen for it's timeless beauty and artful design. (I even like your well worn 1917!)

That's why I started this thread (among other "Days of...") so we can all see all stages of a bygone coin type's life.

Thank you for digging through your collection and posting these! That's what this thread is all about!