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The E-Sylum: Volume 23, Number 37, September 13, 2020, Article 10

MACNEIL’S NOTES NOW ON NEWMAN PORTAL

The latest addition to the Newman Numismatic Portal is the Standing Liberty Quarter journal MacNeil’s Notes. Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided the following report. -Editor

MacNeil’s Notes Summer 1993 cover The Standing Liberty Quarter Collectors Society (SLQCS), active from 1990-1994, published MacNeil’s Notes, which covered a host of issues related to the Standing Liberty quarter dollar series (1916-1930). These journals, courtesy of SLQCS President Joe Abbin, are now available on Newman Portal. All aspects of the coin are covered, including population studies, strike characteristics, Herman MacNeil biography, and of course the infamous Type II design introduced in 1917, which is extensively discussed in the Summer 1993 issue.

Attributed by Walter Breen and others to Puritan sensibilities, the more modest appearance of Liberty beginning in 1917 was in fact driven by less lurid concerns. Roger Burdette, in Renaissance of the American Coinage, came to the same conclusion. As Kellen Hoard noted in his recent NNP Symposium presentation, even false stories can have power, and Breen’s is so natural and believable that it is difficult to drive the factual version into the public consciousness. NNP acknowledges Joe Abbin for his assistance with this title.

Image: MacNeil’s Notes Summer 1993 cover, with strategically placed caption

Link to MacNeil’s Notes on Newman Portal:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/publisherdetail/538969

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