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¼ Dollar "Washington Silver Quarter"

¼ Dollar "Washington Silver Quarter" - obverse¼ Dollar "Washington Silver Quarter" - reverse


Features

IssuerUnited States 
PeriodFederal Republic (1776-Date)  
TypeStandard Circulation Coin 
Years1932-1964 
Value¼ Dollar = 25 Cents (0.25 USD)
CurrencyDollar (1785-Date)
CompositionSilver (.900)
Weight6.25 g
Diameter24.26 mm
Thickness1.75 mm
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationCoin Alignment ↑↓
NumberN# 54 
ReferencesKM# 164,  Schon# 168 

Obverse

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 

Engraver: John Flanagan 

Reverse

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 

Engraver: John Flanagan 

Edge

Reeded (119 reeds)

¼ Dollar "Washington Silver Quarter" - obverse


Mints

 Philadelphia, United States (1792-date) 
D Denver, United States (1906-date) 
S San Francisco, United States (1854-date) 

Comments

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:

DateMintageGVGFVFXFAUUNCFrequency
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 8370.2%Proof
1936 D 5 374 000 4%
1936 S 3 828 000 4%
1937  19 701 542 9%
1937  5 5420.2%Proof
1937 D 7 189 600 5%
1937 S 1 652 000 3%
1938  9 480 045 6%
1938  8 0450.17%Proof
1938 S 2 832 000 3%
1939  33 548 795 11%
1939  8 7950.3%Proof
1939 D 7 092 000 5%
1939 S 2 628 000 3%
1940  35 715 246 11%
1940  11 2460.4%Proof
1940 D 2 797 600 3%
1940 S 8 244 000 5%
1941  79 047 287 18%
1941  15 2870.4%Proof
1941 D 16 714 800 6%
1941 S 16 080 000 7%
1942  102 117 123 21%
1942  21 1230.5%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)