1916 STANDING LIBERTY QUARTER WAS DESIGNED
BY HERMON ATKINS MACNEIL

Hermon A. MacNeil (b.1866 d.1947) was an accomplished American sculptor best known for his work with Native American subjects. One of his last works was the Pony Express statue dedicated in 1940 in St. Joseph, Missouri.

MacNeil spent countless hours in his studio sketching designs for the 1916 Liberty quarter. This is one of his original sketches for the coin's reverse. The reserve featured a flying eagle with 13 stars, representing the original colonies, near the rim.