Lady Liberty Showed to much skin

By Jim Fisher

The Standing Liberty Quarter is a very famous and desired coin by collectors. This beautiful coin was minted for the very first time in 1916 and through the roaring 20’s till 1930. The U.S. Mint always seems to be destined for drama or to some degree create a scandal of the new coins they release.

Well, this holds true for the Standing Liberty Quarter too. It turns out that the designer Herman A. MacNeil did a beautiful rendition of Liberty holding a shield for protection in her left hand, and a exceptional job ever famous sign of peace, the olive branch in her right hand. However, Mr. MacNeil somehow left the breast of Lady Liberty exposed. Of course, this created a tremendous uproar among the public and they demanded a more acceptable clothed Ms. Liberty.

Finally in 1917, the U.S. Mint made the adaption and covered her breast with her gown all the way up to her neckline. Oh, and by the way the U.S. mint rearranged the stars on the reverse side of the coin. Then, in 1925 they completed the last alteration on the beautiful collector’s coin when the U.S. Mint realized the date on the bottom of the obverse side of the coin was rubbing away, thus leaving little visibility of the date or if any at all. So, in 1925, they recessed the date into the coin for a lasting impression.

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