1918/7-S Standing Liberty Quarter. FS-101. EF-45 (PCGS).
This handsome Choice EF example is warmly and evenly toned in dusky copper-gray patina. Plenty of bold striking detail remains to most design elements, the date crisp and the all-important 7 underdigit fully appreciable. As the only overdate and, indeed, major variety in the Standing Liberty quarter series of 1916 to 1930, the popularity of the 1918/7-S with specialists knows no bounds. The variety remained unknown to the numismatic community until 1937, the overdate making its first appearance in the Standard Catalog in 1942. The intervening 19 years between this overdate's production and its numismatic discovery were sufficient to see the wear, if not loss, of most examples through circulation. Indeed, survivors are highly elusive at all levels of preservation. The present example offers a lot of "coin" for the grade and is sure to have no difficulty finding its way into an advanced collection.
PCGS# 5726. NGC ID: 243A.
From the David Lorenzo Collection.