Standing Liberty Quarter Grading Question

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rhum New Member United States 33 Posts	Posted 08/11/2007 11:29 pm Hello all -- I have a question I hope someone here can help me with. I'm nearing completion of my Washington quarter set, and looking to start a circulated Standing Liberty quarter set. I understand the Type I and Type II SLQ have wear issues involving the date. What's the lowest grade I can expect to see a reasonably complete date? I had been targeting VF with the semi-keys (minus the 1916 :) in Fine. Is this possible, or does the wear really depend on the individual coin? I also like the design reeding (?) around the rim to be reasonably complete. Will I need to expand my scope (and budget) to XF/AU for these characteristics? Sorry if my musings seem a bit OCD - I like to think about/plan my collecting ahead of time :) Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

Vaslin Pillar of the Community United States 914 Posts	Posted 08/11/2007 11:34 pm The Nuministic Grading Standard book lists Type I VG-8 as 'All letters and date are clear. Rim is complete'. F-12 says 'Date is clear and rim is full'. For type II, VG-8 states 'All letters and date are clear, but tops of numerals may be flat'. F-12 says 'Date may show some weakness at top'. Sounds like VF-20 should be acceptable to your standards. Edited by Vaslin 08/11/2007 11:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff
kenny_1745 Valued Member United States 239 Posts	Posted 08/12/2007 12:05 am All the SLQ's that I have that are graded Fine have dates that show no wear. In my opinion you should be OK with buying coins that grade Fine Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 08/12/2007 10:15 am quote: Sorry if my musings seem a bit OCD - I like to think about/plan my collecting ahead of time :) All that characteristic does is help you fit in better with the rest of us. Report this Post to the Staff
rhum New Member United States 33 Posts	Posted 08/12/2007 1:13 pm Great- Thanks for the help! Report this Post to the Staff
littleboy Pillar of the Community United States 764 Posts	Posted 08/12/2007 2:34 pm 1916-1924 often have a barely noticable date even in fine. the design was changed a bit afterward to reduce wear on the date. VF is a good grade to try for with semi-keys. between VF and XF, the scarcity of these goes up a lot and so they can get pretty pricy. Report this Post to the Staff
Gary Valued Member United States 281 Posts	Posted 08/15/2007 12:46 am My advice is to buy the best you can afford. I have collected SLQ's for years and I think a set in EF or better makes a beautiful set. I can speak from experience that if you just go with F to VF you will want to upgrade rather quickly. Best of luck in your hunt. Gary Report this Post to the Staff
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