1918-D Standing Liberty Quarter. MS-66 FH (PCGS).Bold underlying luster supports a wealth of varied golden-pastel toning highlights. A sharp and appealing specimen with just a hint of weakness at two shield rivets, but with all the other design elements crisp and fully represented. One of the more underrated strike and condition rarities in the Standing Liberty quarter series of 1916 to 1930, the 1918-D entered the annals of numismatic history with a mintage of 7,380,000 pieces. A heavily circulated issue, survivors are scarce even in EF and AU grades. Mint State examples are also scarce by the standards of the type, and most display average to poor striking detail. Writing in the 2007 edition of the book <em>Standing Liberty Quarters</em>, series specialist J.H. Cline estimates that only 3% of the original mintage emerged from the dies with Full Head definition. This smartly impressed beauty is certainly one of the best produced that we have ever handled, the fact that it is a premium quality Gem adding further to its already immense appeal for the advanced Standing Liberty quarter enthusiast.
