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With about 8.7 million minted, the 1917 Type I Standing Liberty Quarter is a difficult coin to find only in higher grades. Considered to be in very good condition, the 1917 Type I Standing Liberty will contain heavy wear, with most details also heavily worn. Until 1925, the Standing Liberty was weakly struck, causing the coin's date to wear off without difficulty. The issue was finally fixed in 1925, but many circulated quarters still have weak dates, with higher grades also included. The 1917 Type I contains a bare breasted Lady Liberty, which was changed to her breasts being covered by chain mail for the Type II.
The Philadelphia Mint has carried innumerable amounts of history, ever since it started producing coins in 1792. Still active today, the Philadelphia Mint has had its hand in countless famous coin collections. Being the oldest mint in US history, the Philadelphia Mint also stands as the first ever mint in the US. Much gratitude to our Founding Fathers, who greatly desired to partake in international commerce and thus, needed a currency for the new nation. Since then, the Philadelphia Mint has seen its fair share of historical wars, turnovers in presidency, and has even been in the center of important protests. Through it all, the Philadelphia Mint has been able to stay true to the Founding Fathers' original vision and has produced some of the most valuable coin collections in history.