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Gold Spot Price. Silver Spot Price. Platinum Spot Price. Palladium Spot Price. Gold Silver IRAs. Gold Silver Storage. Investing Guide. Gold Silver News. What Quarters are Worth Money? November 12, By Michael Dinich. Dealers typically use several factors when pricing coins, including: Mintage Surviving population Demand Melt value Condition Mintage Coins are primarily valued by the supply of a coin or its rarity. Surviving Population No matter the number of coins initially minted, many coins are lost once they enter circulation.
Demand Several factors influence the demand for coins. Melt Value Yet another factor influencing value is a coin melt value. Condition Of course, the condition of the coin also plays a role in its value. Top 30 Most Valuable Quarters The five factors described above are considered when determining the value of coins. Final Thoughts The quarter has gone through many variations throughout the years, and there are many rare quarters worth money. 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. There were 4, coins minted in Carson City in January , but due to the Mint Act of , which increased the weight of silver coinage, most were melted before they could enter circulation.
This is one of only three mint condition quarters of that year. Only five of these coins in any condition are known to exist. This is the only known proof quarter of this year and is in excellent mint condition. It previously sold at auction in and Not only is the quarter the first in the No Drapery series, but it also was the first year any Seated Liberty quarters were produced.
A fire at the Mint in led to renovations and changes in production. In , the first proof coins were produced pennies only , and the first proof quarters appeared in There were very few proof quarters produced and only two are known to exist today.
The other one resides at the Smithsonian Institute. The coin is also unusual in that the reverse image is incomplete. It is believed that Chief Engraver Robert Scot, who was at the late stage of his career, was unable to complete it. This was the last quarter engraved by Scot, who died in November of that year.
This coin is the only proof quarter of its year certified by PCGS. The set included Puerto Rico, Guam, and other territories. Some of these coins were released by the United States Mint in special silver proof sets. However, this one-year-only set of commemorative quarters is often collected alongside the classic state quarter series and thus sees an entry included here.
The District of Columbia quarter features jazz composer and pianist Duke Ellington, seen on the quarter's reverse. 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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