1920 25C, FH MS(PCGS#5735)

February 2026 Showcase Auction - The James A. Stack, Sr. Collection Part II

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

25109

Grade

MS66+FH

Price

3,840

Lot Description

An exacting strike and expertly preserved surfaces combine to make this a particularly desirable 1920 quarter. Warmly toned in gently mottled golden-russet and champagne-pink shades, both sides display full luster. The 1920 is one of the more readily obtainable Type II Standing Liberty quarters, and there are a number of outstanding Mint State examples known. In an absolute sense, of course, such pieces are rare, and most lack Full Head definition. Writing in the 2007 edition of his standard reference <em>Standing Liberty Quarters</em>, in fact, J.H. Cline asserts that only 10% of this issue's mintage of 27,860,000 pieces was struck with enough care to support an FH designation by today's strict grading standards. This is just such a coin, a strike and condition rarity for the advanced specialist in this series.