Issuer | United States |
---|---|
Period | Federal Republic (1776-Date) |
Type | Standard Circulation Coin |
Years | 1932-1964 |
Value | ¼ Dollar = 25 Cents (0.25 USD) |
Currency | Dollar (1785-Date) |
Composition | Silver (.900) |
Weight | 6.25 g |
Diameter | 24.26 mm |
Thickness | 1.75 mm |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Coin Alignment ↑↓ |
Number | N# 54 |
References | KM# 164, Schon# 168 |
The portrait of George Washington, the first President of the UNITED STATES from 1789 to 1797, facing left, accompanied by the motto: "IN GOD WE TRUST" and surrounded with the lettering: "LIBERTY".
Lettering:
LIBERTY
IN GOD WE
TRUST
JF
1942
An eagle, wings spread, and standing on a shaft of arrows with two olive sprays beneath the eagle, is surrounded with the face value, the motto "E PLURIBUS UNUM" and the lettering "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA".
NOTE: If there is a mintmark it is at the bottom, above ER in QUARTER.
Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
E PLURIBUS
UNUM
D
QUARTER DOLLAR
Translation:
United States of America
Out of Many
One
D
Quarter Dollar
Reeded (119 reeds)
Philadelphia, United States (1792-date) | |
D | Denver, United States (1906-date) |
S | San Francisco, United States (1854-date) |
The Philadelphia Mint produced some business strike coins in each of the years 1956 to 1964 using reverse proof dies that had already produced proof coins. These coins are referred to as Type B Reverses whereas the coins produced with normal (non-proof) dies are referred to as Type A Reverses. A more complete discussion of these coins can be found in the following Coin Week™ article:
Date | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1932 | 5 404 000 | 7% | |||||||||||
1932 D | 436 800 | 1.9% | |||||||||||
1932 S | 408 000 | 1.8% | |||||||||||
1934 | 0.3% | Doubled Die Obverse | |||||||||||
1934 | 1.5% | Heavy motto size | |||||||||||
1934 | 0.7% | Light motto size | |||||||||||
1934 | 31 912 052 | 10% | Medium motto size | ||||||||||
1934 D | 0.5% | Heavy motto size | |||||||||||
1934 D | 3 527 200 | 3% | Medium motto size | ||||||||||
1935 | 32 484 000 | 12% | |||||||||||
1935 D | 5 780 000 | 4% | |||||||||||
1935 S | 5 660 000 | 4% | |||||||||||
1936 | 41 303 837 | 12% | |||||||||||
1936 | 3 837 | 0.2% | Proof | ||||||||||
1936 D | 5 374 000 | 4% | |||||||||||
1936 S | 3 828 000 | 4% | |||||||||||
1937 | 19 701 542 | 9% | |||||||||||
1937 | 5 542 | 0.2% | Proof | ||||||||||
1937 D | 7 189 600 | 5% | |||||||||||
1937 S | 1 652 000 | 3% | |||||||||||
1938 | 9 480 045 | 6% | |||||||||||
1938 | 8 045 | 0.17% | Proof | ||||||||||
1938 S | 2 832 000 | 3% | |||||||||||
1939 | 33 548 795 | 11% | |||||||||||
1939 | 8 795 | 0.3% | Proof | ||||||||||
1939 D | 7 092 000 | 5% | |||||||||||
1939 S | 2 628 000 | 3% | |||||||||||
1940 | 35 715 246 | 11% | |||||||||||
1940 | 11 246 | 0.4% | Proof | ||||||||||
1940 D | 2 797 600 | 3% | |||||||||||
1940 S | 8 244 000 | 5% | |||||||||||
1941 | 79 047 287 | 18% | |||||||||||
1941 | 15 287 | 0.4% | Proof | ||||||||||
1941 D | 16 714 800 | 6% | |||||||||||
1941 S | 16 080 000 | 7% | |||||||||||
1942 | 102 117 123 | 21% | |||||||||||
1942 | 21 123 | 0.5% | Proof | ||||||||||
1942 D | 17 487 200 | 7% | |||||||||||
1942 D | 0.05% | Doubled Die Obverse | |||||||||||
1942 S | 19 384 000 | 7% | |||||||||||
1943 | 99 700 000 | 20% | |||||||||||
1943 D | 16 095 600 | 6% | |||||||||||
1943 S | 21 700 000 | 8% | |||||||||||
1943 S | 0.2% | Doubled Die Obverse | |||||||||||
1944 | 104 956 000 | 20% | |||||||||||
1944 D | 14 600 800 | 6% | |||||||||||
1944 S | 12 560 000 | 6% | |||||||||||
1945 | 74 372 000 | 16% | |||||||||||
1945 D | 12 341 600 | 6% | |||||||||||
1945 S | 17 004 001 | 6% | |||||||||||
1946 | 53 436 000 | 13% | |||||||||||
1946 D | 9 072 800 | 5% | |||||||||||
1946 S | 4 204 000 | 4% | |||||||||||
1947 | 22 556 000 | 8% | |||||||||||
1947 D | 15 338 400 | 6% | |||||||||||
1947 S | 5 532 000 | 4% | |||||||||||
1948 | 35 196 000 | 11% | |||||||||||
1948 D | 16 766 800 | 6% | |||||||||||
1948 S | 15 960 000 | 6% | |||||||||||
1949 | 9 312 000 | 6% | |||||||||||
1949 D | 10 068 400 | 5% | |||||||||||
1950 | 24 971 512 | 9% | |||||||||||
1950 | 51 386 | 0.5% | Proof | ||||||||||
1950 D | 21 075 600 | 7% | |||||||||||
1950 D | 0.3% | Repunched mintmark (D over S) | |||||||||||
1950 S | 10 284 004 | 5% | |||||||||||
1950 S | 0.19% | Repunched mintmark (S over D) | |||||||||||
1951 | 43 505 602 | 12% | |||||||||||
1951 | 57 500 | 0.5% | Proof | ||||||||||
1951 D | 35 354 800 | 9% | |||||||||||
1951 S | 9 048 000 | 5% | |||||||||||
1952 | 38 862 073 | 11% | |||||||||||
1952 | 81 980 | 0.6% | Proof | ||||||||||
1952 D | 49 795 200 | 10% | |||||||||||
1952 S | 13 707 800 | 6% | |||||||||||
1953 | 18 664 920 | 9% | |||||||||||
1953 | 128 800 | 0.6% | Proof | ||||||||||
1953 D | 56 112 400 | 11% | |||||||||||
1953 D | 0.05% | Repunched mintmark (D over S) | |||||||||||
1953 S | 14 016 000 | 6% | |||||||||||
1954 | 54 645 503 | 13% | |||||||||||
1954 | 233 300 | 0.7% | Proof | ||||||||||
1954 D | 42 305 500 | 10% | |||||||||||
1954 S | 11 834 722 | 6% | |||||||||||
1955 | 18 558 381 | 8% | |||||||||||
1955 | 378 200 | 0.8% | Proof | ||||||||||
1955 D | 3 182 400 | 4% | |||||||||||
1956 | 669 384 | 1.0% | Proof | ||||||||||
1956 | 44 813 384 | 12% | Type A reverse | ||||||||||
1956 | 0.4% | Type B reverse (Proof design) | |||||||||||
1956 D | 32 334 500 | 9% | |||||||||||
1957 | 1 247 952 | 1.7% | Proof | ||||||||||
1957 | 47 779 952 | 12% | Type A reverse | ||||||||||
1957 | 0.6% | Type B reverse (Proof design) | |||||||||||
1957 D | 77 924 160 | 13% | |||||||||||
1958 | 875 652 | 1.4% | Proof | ||||||||||
1958 | 7 235 652 | 6% | Type A reverse | ||||||||||
1958 | 0.4% | Type B reverse (Proof design) | |||||||||||
1958 D | 78 124 900 | 13% | |||||||||||
1959 | 1 149 291 | 1.5% | Proof | ||||||||||
1959 | 25 533 291 | 9% | Type A reverse | ||||||||||
1959 | 0.4% | Type B reverse (Proof design) | |||||||||||
1959 D | 62 054 232 | 11% | |||||||||||
1960 | 1 691 602 | 1.7% | Proof | ||||||||||
1960 | 30 855 602 | 9% | Type A reverse | ||||||||||
1960 | 0.5% | Type B reverse (Proof design) | |||||||||||
1960 D | 63 000 324 | 11% | |||||||||||
1961 | 3 028 244 | 2% | Proof | ||||||||||
1961 | 40 064 244 | 10% | Type A reverse | ||||||||||
1961 | 0.4% | Type B reverse (Proof design) | |||||||||||
1961 D | 83 656 928 | 12% | |||||||||||
1962 | 3 218 019 | 3% | Proof | ||||||||||
1962 | 39 374 019 | 11% | Type A reverse | ||||||||||
1962 | 0.5% | Type B reverse (Proof design) | |||||||||||
1962 D | 127 554 756 | 15% | |||||||||||
1963 | 3 075 645 | 3% | Proof | ||||||||||
1963 | 77 391 645 | 14% | Type A reverse | ||||||||||
1963 | 0.6% | Type B reverse (Proof design) | |||||||||||
1963 D | 135 288 184 | 14% | |||||||||||
1964 | 3 950 762 | 4% | Proof | ||||||||||
1964 | 564 341 347 | 34% | Type A reverse | ||||||||||
1964 | 1.2% | Type B reverse (Proof design) | |||||||||||
1964 D | 704 135 528 | 28% | Type A reverse | ||||||||||
1964 D | 1.0% | Type C reverse (clad design) |