Type 1 Standing Liberty Quarter 1916/1917 Difference

Definitely 1917. While we'd all love 1916's, the 1917 T1 is nothing to sneeze at! Only a handful of dates are more valuable.

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jamwins, that is definitely a 1917.

Here you go Johnny. I probably would have bid higher if the picture had higher resolution and if it didn't have such ugly black spots.

Heh, found the listing did you? Still, it would go for several hundred dollars once authenticated. I probably wouldn't have been as upset if I bid at the level I originally planned, but I got cold feet and bid a little lower. Had I lost it at the max bid that my gut said it wouldn't have been as big of a deal. Anyway, this wasn't the first time something like this happened on ebay and it won't be the last. There's always next time! By the way, my interest was to resell it. I'd rather wait and get a higher quality one some day when I can afford it rather than put this in my collection.

I guess I should be philosophical and say that at least that lot went to someone that knew what it was (otherwise no one would have bid that high). Had no one noticed it and someone bought it to hold until silver prices went up then sold it for melt that would be a real tragedy.

Thanks for the compliment Johnny. While I'm still FAR from being a coin expert, I've always had an eye for detail. I used to be a professional biologist before going into business for myself and a big part of that job was trying to tell different species of plants apart by tiny details that often required magnification to even see. Just recently I started to realize that I might be able to use this skill to cherry pick coins that others might miss and then sell them for a profit and make a few bucks on the side.

If I could have seen one other diagnostic character besides the gown I probably would have bid higher, but I've seem some 1917s with a "squished" looking base of the gown so it made me a little nervous (in other words I was 90% sure instead of 100%).

Someone was selling 40 dateless SLQ's. Normally when people sell a lot like that it goes for $230-$250. This went for $356, but only because I was the under bidder. I don't think anyone but the two of us knew what that was. I really wish I'd bid $400 and if I lost then I wouldn't have minded as much. I got nervous and stopped at $350, so I don't know how high the other guy would have gone. If I was wrong every dollar over the normal sale value of the lot would have been a dollar lost.

I was kind of in a catch 22 while the auction was going on. I wanted to post it here to get opinions, and if people had backed me up (as seems to be happening) I would have bid more. But if I did that while the auction was still live I'm sure some of you would have jumped in the bidding!

Definitely hard to be sure with such a dark coin but I thinkthe robe fold on the arm and the bottom of the robe up off of the step leans me towards a 1916.

Was it sold in a lot or buy tiself? What was the final bid?


The bidding ends Sunday and the minimum bid was lowered to $30. If it is a 1916, someone will either get a nice piece for their collection or make some nice dough!

thAT robe on the bottom looks like the real deal