Posted by: John Roberts on ANACS

Efforts to make America’s everyday coinage more artistically appealing reached a peak in 1916 with the introduction of the Mercury Dime, the Walking Liberty Half Dollar and the Standing Liberty Quarter. Struck in the final weeks of December and released in January of the new year, the 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter has one of the lowest mintages of any 20th century coin issued for actual circulation with 52,000 pieces. While they are not of the rarity that the date is often purported to possess, the 1916 is a key date in a popularly collected series and no set of Standing Liberty Quarters may be considered complete without an example. The coin has a long history of strong demand and even stronger prices. Retail pricing information may be found in the latest edition of A Guide Book of United States Coins available at www.whitmanbooks.com