Random Date Standing Liberty Quarter NGC Genuine Black Core

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Random Date Standing Liberty Quarter NGC Genuine Black Core

Collect this Genuine certified Standing Liberty Quarter from NGC in the Black Core!

REVERSE: Depicts an eagle in flight surrounded by 13 stars. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, E PLURIBUS UNUM, and QUARTER DOLLAR are inscribed.

OBVERSE: Features Liberty standing in a gateway with an olive branch in her right hand and a shield in her left. LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRSUT, and the date are inscribed.

Standing Liberty Quarters

Introduced amid an early 20th-century effort to elevate U.S. coin design, the Standing Liberty quarter followed the success of the Saint-Gaudens gold pieces and the Buffalo nickel and Mercury dime. The goal was to retire dated motifs and express American ideals on everyday coinage.

Minted from 1916 to 1930, the series spans World War I, the postwar expansion, and the onset of the Great Depression. Public sentiment around national defense and preparedness shaped both the iconography and reception, while late-1920s economic strains influenced mintages and survival in higher grades. Sculptor Hermon A. MacNeil designed the coin under the guidance of Mint Director Robert W. Woolley and subsequent officials. Early reaction mixed admiration for the design with criticism of practical issues, leading to swift modifications in 1917.