US Standing Liberty Quarter

Early Standing Liberty quarters had the date too high and so it quickly wore off, although chemical treatment can sometimes bring back the numbers. For the collector this creates particular problems for the two rare issues of the series, the 1916 and the 1918/7-S. While the 1917 Type One issue is quite common, the previous year there was a very low mintage of only 52,000. Although some of these early pieces were quickly saved from circulation, this was not the case with the overs truck date issued two years later. In higher condition grades this is one of the most expensive circulating U.S. coins of the 20th century. In 1925 the date was recessed into the step, allowing the coin rim to protect it from wear.[1] Evidently this modification did cause the dates to withstand circulation better, since pre-1925 dates fetch prices many times higher than post-1925 dates, even given roughly equal mintage numbers in the same state of preservation.

Coins With Bare Breast
1916 52,000
1917 8,740,000
1917 D 1,509,200
1917 S 1,952,000
Mailed Breast and Stars Below Eagle
1917 13,880,000
1917 D 6,224,400
1917 S 5,552,000
1918 14,240,000
1918 D 7,380,800
1918 S 11,072,000
1919 11,324,000
1919 D 1,944,000
1919 S 1,836,000
1920 27,860,000
1920 D 3,586,400
1920 S 6,380,000
1921 1,916,000
1923 9,716,000
1923 S 1,360,000
1924 10,920,000
1924 D 3,112,000
1924 S 2,860,000

Coins With Recessed Date
1925 12,280,000
1926 11,316,000
1926 D 1,716,000
1926 S 2,700,000
1927 11,912,000
1927 D 976,000
1927 S 396,000
1928 6,336,000
1928 D 1,627,600
1928 S 2,644,000
1929 11,140,000
1929 D 1,358,000
1929 S 1,764,000
1930 5,632,000
1930 S 1,556,000

The price of silver is driven by speculation and supply and demand. The spot price of silver and coins and bullion also increases or decreases the value of most common date silver coins. The value of rare silver coins is usually not affected by the price of silver.

Spot price of silver as of 06/01/2012:
$28.62 per ounce

Information provided by: Silver Dollar Coin Sale

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