The United States Mint will continue its Best of the Mint Series on Friday, July 16th, with the 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter Dollar Gold Coin and Silver Medal Set. The second release will be available at 12pm EST with a mintage limit of 30,000 and a household limit of just one.
Honoring America’s semiquincentennial, the Mint has put together a five-set series paying homage to United States coinage. The sets will feature a reissued gold coin along with companion silver medals depicting modern designs and reflecting the meaning of their gold counterparts.
Much like the first release with the 1916 Mercury Dime Gold Coin, the 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter Gold Coin will mirror itself off the 2016 centennial version. Along with the image of Liberty on the obverse with a shield on her left arm, holding an olive branch in her right hand, and flanked by walls featuring the 13 stars, she is surrounded by the inscriptions LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRVST, and 1916. Additionally, the 24kt .9999 fine gold coin will feature the Liberty Bell privy marked with the number 250 to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary. The reverse depicts an eagle in flight surrounded by 13 stars. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, E PLVRIBVS VNVM, and QUARTER DOLLAR are inscribed.
The 1oz .999 fine silver companion medal depicts a windswept Liberty holding a shield on the obverse. She is seen offering olive branches to an eagle in the distance. Fifty rivets on the shield represent the States of the Union while the 13 stripes reference the original 13 colonies. LIBERTY is inscribed along the top. The reverse will show a close up of the olive branches passed by Liberty as the eagle is holding them. Thirteen stars flank the eagle with the words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA inscribed above.
The Philadelphia Mint is responsible for the striking of the silver medal while the mint at West Point struck the gold coin.
The other three releases in the Best of the Mint Series will honor the 1916 Walking Liberty Half Dollar, the 1804 Silver Dollar, and the 1907 St. Gaudens High Relief $20 Gold Coin.
Source: United States Mint