1917 25C Type 2, FH MS(PCGS#5715)

June 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

476

等级

MS67FH

价格

72,047

详细说明

1917 Standing Liberty Quarter. Type II. MS-67 FH (PCGS). Billowy mint frost blankets both sides of this endearing piece, the surfaces brilliant apart from subtle silvery overtones. Both the strike and surface preservation are superior and readily uphold the validity of the impressive grade from PCGS. As 1917 unfolded, technical difficulties arose and persuasive arguments from supporters of the late Anthony Comstock came to the attention of Mint Director F.J.H. von Angel, who relented to pressure from both MacNeil the designer and the unrelenting power of Comstock's Society for the Suppression of Vice and authorized (without Congressional approval whatsoever) to allow for changes to the Type I style of 1917 quarters. MacNeil alleged that the dies, as finished in the Mint, were untrue to his design conception (true enough, with Charles Barber's tinkering of the design elements and placement). Meanwhile a torrent of venom rained down that these initial quarters were obscene as Liberty's breast was exposed, and that all should be recalled and destroyed. Similar pressure from the Society for the Suppression of Vice had accomplished this goal on the elegant $5 Educational bills of 1896, which were recalled due to a similar breast exposure that simply could not be allowed in their prudish world. Troubled design launches were commonplace at the Mint in this period, and the Type II Standing Liberty quarters of 1917 are representative of this fact. Provenance: From the Dazzling Rarities Collection. PCGS Population: 15; 3 finer in this category (all MS-67+ FH). PCGS# 5715. NGC ID: 2434. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.