In my first column, I talked about the 1914-D Buffalo nickel as one of my favorite coins. While writing it, I talked myself into purchasing an XF-45 1914-S for which I paid $129. Although that’s a bit high for the date and grade, I’m well pleased with the coin.
For this column, I’ve chosen a coin that started me in pursuit of a new PCGS Registry Set: Standing Liberty (S-L) quarters. Believe it or not, I had never seriously considered collecting Standing Liberty quarters, although they had a design by Hermon MacNeil that I really liked.
I had a complete set of silver Washington quarters, and I had put together an almost complete set of Barber quarters, lacking the 1901-S, of course. But why