Standing Liberty Quarter Mint Mark

Standing liberty quarter year.

Standing liberty quarter mint mark.

The standing liberty quarter is a 25 cent coin that was struck by the united states mint from 1916 to 1930. The first column lists the date and mint mark followed by the buy price and the sell value for an average circulated standing liberty quarter. All combined to produce over 226 million standing liberty quarters. Numbers struck by each mint varied year by year creating both available and scarce date and mintmark combinations.

As a rough estimate of this coins value you can assume this coin in average condition will be valued at somewhere around 2808 while one in certified mint state ms condition could bring as much as 18 000 at. 52 000 silver content. No mint mark face value. About halfway through 1917 the mint changed obverse and the reverse design on the standing liberty quarter.

Standing liberty quarter average values and prices. This coin s design was changed again in 1925 because banks were returning earlier standing liberty quarters to the mint with the year worn off. The need for quarters was met by three mints denver san francisco and philadelphia. Therefore the mint started recessing the year below the coin s rim.

In 1915 director of the mint robert w. The reverse redesign included changing the seven stars on the left side of the coin and six stars on the right side of the coin to having five stars on. Mint and mintmarks of the standing liberty quarter series. Get the best deals on standing liberty quarters 1916 1930.

It succeeded the barber quarter which had been minted since 1892 featuring the goddess of liberty on one side and an eagle in flight on the other the coin was designed by american sculptor hermon atkins macneil. On the obverse lady liberty s exposed breast was covered with a coat of chainmail. 90 silver weight 1808 oz.