United States
¼ Dollar "Standing Liberty Quarter" · “Standing Liberty Quarter”
United States · 1916–1930 · Silver
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The Standing Liberty Quarter (1916–1930)
In 1917, just months after it debuted, the U.S. Mint pulled Liberty off the quarter and dressed her in chain mail. The same coin would later have its date redesigned because Americans were rubbing it clean with their thumbs. This is one of the most beautiful — and most quietly troubled — coins the United States ever struck.
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