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Standing Liberty type (Type I)
Designed and engraved by: Hermon Atkins MacNeil (American, 1866–1947)
U.S. Federal Issue
1917
Mint: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Credit Line
The Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession Number2004.818
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionVariety 1 with the breast of Liberty exposed. Obv: Figure of Liberty with shield and olive branch standing between pedestals on which are 13 stars, IN GOD WE TRUST with LIBERTY above, date below.
Rev: Flying eagle, 13 stars, E PLURIBUS UNUM and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and QUARTER DOLLAR.
Rev: Flying eagle, 13 stars, E PLURIBUS UNUM and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and QUARTER DOLLAR.
ProvenanceCollected by Sidney A. Wien (1902-1962), Atlanta, Georgia, between the mid-1940's and 1962; by descent to his daughter, Claire W. Morse, in 1962; to the MFA in November 2004, gift of Claire W. and Richard P. Morse.