All in various quantities struck quarters over the years. Usually branch mints struck lower numbers of quarters creating the scarce variety for the year. Mintmark identification is now important and reflected on value charts. Mintmarks and location on the coins are detailed on series pages.
Visit the series page for value charts and details on how to value your old quarters. Grades listed on value charts are a definition of a coin's condition. Amount of wear as it progresses; from none to very worn develops in recognizable stages. Each stage of wear is judged and assigned a grade matched to a standard. First minted, a coin is in Mint State condition and defined as Mint State grade.
Each series of quarters have specific high points to the design prone to first signs of wear. A close inspection is needed to determine if wear has smoothed and flattened any of these high spots.
Grading in-depth is covered in each series and done comparing to images, video, and descriptions. Extremely Fine Grade: An Extremely Fine grade quarter retains all major design elements in strong relief. Wear is noted; however, only small amounts of flatness is seen on the highest finer detail. A Standing Liberty quarter is judged looking at the amount of wear on Liberty's shoulder and knee.
Overall, the appearance is sharp and well defined. Fine Grade: Wear is easily visible on a quarter in Fine grade. Moderate wear has smoothed all high areas. A distinction between Fine and a lower grade is flattened areas do not connect.
Separation, even if slight, is evident from Liberty's face and hair, major feathers of the eagle designs clear, and lettering of the legends is bold. Good Grade: Once noticeable heavy wear has smoothed the majority of the design, the coin is now in Good grade.
Its smooth surface is without any fine detail. Bust quarters and Barber quarter with large portraits of Liberty are portrayed in outline. Inner lines to hair, headbands, and indications of a gown are faded to smooth.
Judging a quarter's condition to determine a grade is done by comparing the coin to images of grade standards. Additional video helps to identify many subtle points to grading quarters. Video Grading Barber Quarters. Video Grading Standing Liberty Quarters. Video Grading Washington Quarters. Each series page covers grading quarters in detail. Close-up images and descriptions of grades are used to judge condition. A certain amount of personal judgement goes into recognizing special qualities.
Quarters are first viewed for their overall impression. Is the condition crisp enough to see most detail of the design? Is the toning, and color pleasing and enhancing the detail? Does a mark or rim dent catch the eye? Eye appeal plays a role to solidify the value of coins.
A pleasing quarter is marketable when compared to an example with less appeal and distractions. Most old quarters are in circulated, worn condition. Among circulated grades, each collector develops an opinion of the traits to an appealing coin. Lightly toned verses darkly toned. Marks on the surface are acceptable, if obscure. Wear, only to a certain degree. Coins with positive appeal in just these three traits are surprisingly a challenge to find. The Bust quarter in the top row is worn, however, still pleasing.
A scarce coin with hair and gown detail visible, acceptable toning, and mark free surfaces, a collectible coin. A fire in at the U. Mint led to changes in production, with the first proof quarters arriving in There were only a few made, and only two are known to exist.
This quarter from is unique because it has a re-punched date, known as an overdate. During this time, the dates were punched into the coin manually, and if the date were not appropriately struck, it would be done again. In this case, a 3 was punched over a 2.
Source: Coinweek. This quarter is another example of an overdate. However, in this case, an quarter had been re-punched to , and then again for This is yet another example of an overdated quarter, except in this case, the engraver made a mistake. The coin was originally punched with 50 C, which would have signified a half dollar, and re-punched with the proper denomination of 25 C. In the s, proof coins were made-to-order for collectors, and only 10 of these proof quarters were made.
The Seated Liberty quarter was first produced in and initially had no ornamental drapery on the left arm of Lady Liberty. There was only one known proof of this quarter. This is another rare proof coin, and the highest value example has a steel blue tone.
Source: NGC. The New Orleans Mint made , of these quarters before the design was changed so that extra drapery appeared on the left arm of Lady Liberty. Most of these quarters were heavily circulated, and few remain in good condition. This is another proof coin, and only four were produced for this year. There is only one certified coin of this proof and year, although two others are believed to exist. Only three of these proofs were made, and one quarter remains almost flawless.
Coins from the Carson City Mint, marked as CC, are sought after because fewer coins were struck at this mint. There were only 8, of the quarters minted after the facility opened that year. Like the mintage, only 8, of the mintage were produced, and only three survive in mint condition. More quarters were produced in Carson City to the tune of 22,, but much less have survived. These are less valuable than many of the quarters on this list but far more affordable for the average collector.
There were many more of the Liberty Seated quarters made at the San Francisco Mint, but they are still desirable for collectors looking to own a coin from this date from all mints. More than a million quarters were minted in Carson City in , but only five were made without arrows.
The Barber quarter series is widely collected, with these quarters being known for several unique key and semi-key dates. The S is a popular semi-key coin, and , were minted this year. The S Barber quarter is one of the rarest and most expensive quarters. This quarter saw the lowest mintage of the 20th century at only 40, coins. Another example of an overdate quarter, a few thousand of these quarters are still in existence. Although almost 2 million of these quarters were produced in San Francisco, the date has worn off many of them, and only four remain in mint condition.
The S is one of the rarest of the Standing Liberty quarters due to weak strikes, and fewer were minted in San Francisco due to these issues. This was the first year that George Washington began being featured on the quarter. Just , of these were minted in Denver. Another , coins were minted in San Francisco for this date. The final quarter on this list is the Double Die Obverse Washington quarter. Although there are several double die varieties of the Washington series, the version is the rarest and most valuable.
The quarter has gone through many variations throughout the years, and there are many rare quarters worth money. From small mintages and proofs to overdates and one-of-a-kind errors, these 30 quarters are worth the most money. Which quarter will you look to add to your collection? Michael is a contributor to SD Bullion and the founder of Your Money Geek, where he is on a mission to make finance fun. He has worked in personal finance for over 20 years, helping families.
In Stock In Stock Silver. In Stock Gold. In Stock Platinum. New Releases. In Stock Silver. Silver Coins. There is also doubling on some of the piano keys and other nearby elements. The D District of Columbia doubled die quarters gained significant traction in the hobby. Many collectors found the coin in circulation and included it in sets of state quarters.
When these D District of Columbia doubled dies first emerged in spring , they were selling for many hundreds of dollars. Every coin worth money on this list is a state quarter error coin. Unlike silver dollars or other old coins, each of the 50 State Quarters features an unique design.
Their common obverse shows George Washington, technically making them all Washington quarters. Below is a list of other key dates and rarities in the series.
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