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Liberty Exposes More Than Artistic Beauty
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Country:
U.S.A. |
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Date:
1917 |
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Metal:
Silver |
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Purity:
0.9 |
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Denomination:
25
Cents |
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Weight:
6.25 g |
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Diameter:
24.3 mm |
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Condition:
Extremely Fine |
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Obverse:
Liberty standing, left hand holding a shield and right holding an olive branch |
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Reverse:
Flying eagle, inscribed UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, E PLVRIBUS VNVM, 13 stars |
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Packaging:
Capsule, Black Display card |
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| In 1917, America’s new artistic era and “Lady” Liberty’s right breast were revealed on the new quarter. Among the scarcest of all U.S. vintage coinage, very few of these controversial, bare-breasted “Type 1” Standing Liberty Quarters were issued. After the Society for the Suppression of Vice initiated public outrage by denouncing the design as immoral, Liberty’s exposed bosom was covered later that year and re-issued by the government as the “Type 2” variety. One of the most sought after coin types, our Type 1 “bare breasted” specimens come in Extremely Fine condition.. |
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