Was a U.S. Quarter Recalled Because Some Considered it Obscene?
chuckle to many people across the country. But nobody laughs at government waste, or stupidity. However, such shenanigans by Ms Jackson and Mr. Ashcroft are old hat to those who remember when the redesigned, modest version, of the artistically beautiful Liberty Standing Quarters circulated throughout the United States from 1916-1930 (many until 1964). The original design, with Miss Liberty’s right breast (same as Janet’s!) fully exposed resulted in cries of “obscene” and “indecent” from church pulpits, veterans organizations, women’s groups, and even the media of the day, when the silver twenty-five cent pieces made their debut. So the offending coin was recalled, redesigned and reissued. To tell the story properly, let’s start at the beginning, and you be the judge: When the French ship Isere brought 214 crates containing the statue known as Liberty Enlightening the World to America’s shores more than a century ago, it was no surprise that the French sculpture, (which is today recogni
