1930-(P) Standing Liberty Quarter! (Flea Market Finds #2)

Here's another of my bargains. I got it for $5.00 and it is worth about $12.00 which was a nice find. Somehow almost all of my bad numismatic luck was undone with good luck last Sunday. All right, before I spoil the other finds I should probably talk about this beautiful coin. It features the legends "IN GOD WE TRVST" and "E PLVRIBVS VNVM" in which the U is substituted with a V. It also features Lady Liberty who was bare breasted in the original version of the coin. Sadly, this coin is from the last year of the coin's production and that means she's fully covered. There's an eagle on the reverse that looks way more majestic in the less worn versions of this coin. It is surrounded by 13 stars which represent the 13 original colonies.

Odd how we always glorify the colonies but then supposedly hate the idea of colonization. Also odd how we still have thousands of troops in Japan and Germany and still own islands that we captured in WWII and before. Just some food for thought.