United States 1926-D quarter dollar
This specimen was lot 1930 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "UNITED STATES: 25 cents, 1926-D, PCGS graded MS63, Liberty Standing type, in OGH PCGS "rattler" GEN-1.2 holder. Though the mintage of this issue is modest, it has an unusually high survival rate in Mint State quality." The Standing Liberty quarter was introduced in late 1916 to supersede the Barber quarter. It was modified in 1917 to give Liberty a breastplate and again in 1925 to put the date in a recess. However, the mint was rarely able to give the design a full strike (a problem with the other denominations as well) and it was retired in 1932 in favor of the familiar Washington quarter. This date has a low mintage but obtains only a small premium over the 1926-P.
Recorded mintage: 1,716,000.
Specification: 6.25 g, 0.900 fine silver, 24.3 mm diameter, designed by Hermon MacNeil.
Catalog reference: KM 145.
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- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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