1916 Type I Standing Liberty Quarter

While both the last barber quarters and the first standing liberty quarters were made during the same year 1916 there were 8 328 800 barbers made versus a tiny 52 000 standing liberties.

1916 type i standing liberty quarter.

No mint mark face value. In 1915 director of the mint robert w. 52 000 silver content. It succeeded the barber quarter which had been minted since 1892 featuring the goddess of liberty on one side and an eagle in flight on the other the coin was designed by american sculptor hermon atkins macneil.

0 25 usd total produced. These coins usually have more value than other standing liberty coins in similar condition. As a rough estimate of this coins value you can assume this coin in average condition will be valued at somewhere around 2808 while one in certified mint state ms condition could bring as much as 18 000 at. The 1916 minting run of standing liberty quarters consisted of 52 000 pieces produced at the philadelphia mint facility and all of which left the mint by december 29 1916.

Woolley began steps to replace. You will often find standing liberty quarters without dates and these are called slicks these will sell for less than the melt of an uncirculated example but do look at these closely since there s still 1916 type 1 no dates to be found. The standing liberty quarter is a 25 cent coin that was struck by the united states mint from 1916 to 1930. 1916 1930 original 24k gold plated standing liberty pure silver us quarter coin.

Only 52 000 standing liberty quarters were minted near the end of 1916 the first year of the type s issue and of that number pcgs and ngc report 842 grading events at au 55 and above. In 1916 the standing liberty quarter replaced the liberty head quarter more widely known as the barber quarter for its namesake designer charles barber. Also the bottom of the robe on a authentic 1916 has a wider space in between it and the date block compared to the 1917. The 1916 standing liberty quarters leave the mint.

5 out of 5 stars. Id 1916 standing liberty quarter no date. 90 silver weight 1808 oz. This small mintage made its way through the treasury distribution system in early january of 1917 and awaited release.

The image on the left is the bottom of the left robe of an authentic 1916 standing quarter and you can see the bottom is flatter and has a smaller opening compared to the 1917 type 1 right image robe bottom. Some years are more likely than others to have full head standing liberty quarters including 1917 type 1 1917 type 2 1925 1929 and 1930.