Do you notice anything different about this quarter? Believe it or not, this quarter sold on eBay for $35,000.
When we think of rare coins, usually we think of coins minted hundreds of years ago. However, that’s not the case with a few quarters from the 1970s. We’ve all got some spare change rattling around the couch or stored in a jar on top of the fridge, so how can we tell if we have a rare coin? Keep reading to find out!
In 2016, a 1970 quarter was listed on eBay for $35,000. At first glance, it might seem like one of those quirky things people do sometimes – list a random item online for a ridiculous amount of money just to see if anyone will actually buy it. After all, worth is determined by what someone will pay for something, right?
However, the coin had 20 interested bidders and sold for the asking price of $35,000. The big question is… why? And are there more quarters out there worth far more than they seem?
According to an article published in Women’s World, there are a limited number of coins minted in 1970 that were accidentally printed over 1941 Canadian quarters! Once you know what to look for, you can actually see the printed mistake.
For reference, here’s a 1941 Canadian quarter:
Now, looking back to the 1970 quarter, you can see subtle markings of the original Canadian coin. For example, printed letters next to “Liberty,” or “1941” printed underneath “Dollar.”
Now that you know the signs to look for, it’s time to go digging up some loose change and see if you have a fortune waiting to be discovered!
Source: usatoday.com
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Quarters are truly the workhorse of American currency.
Used for all kinds of transactions ranging from parking and highway tolls to vending machines, there probably is no coin that’s more frequently used today than the quarter.
Quarters, like pennies, are highly popular collectible coins — and they’ve hit phenomenal heights since the introduction of the 50 States Quarters program back in 1999.
But rare quarters — those which are scarce and in demand among coin collectors — have always been held in high regard, even since before the advent of the 50 States Quarters program that drew millions of new coin collectors’ eyes to the denomination.
Rare Quarters
If you’re taking quarters as a denomination (and looking beyond simply the Washington quarters made since 1932), then there are several dates considered rare.
In fact, taking into consideration every design series of the quarter going back to the very first, made in 1796, there are easily 2 dozen dates that could be considered highly scarce or rare.
Let’s take a look at each of these rare quarters and see how scarce and valuable they are.
Oh, and you might want some deep pockets for some of these coins, because many will set you back far more than you probably paid for your first car!
Values & Mintages Of Rare Quarters
Though we’re going to list the mintages (the number of how many coins were made by date and mintmark), we’ve said it here often that you shouldn’t always look just at a mintage to determine how rare a coin is.
You might be surprised to learn how many millions of otherwise ‘common date’ coins have been melted down for their silver value.
So, take the mintage numbers below with a grain of salt. Between mass meltings, loss of coins due to time and circulation, and other factors, the fact that 500,000 coins of a certain date were made doesn’t mean 500,000 coins of that date still exist!
With that in mind, take a gander at what 25 of the rarest quarters are going for nowadays:
- 1796 Draped Bust Quarter (6,146 made) $14,000
- 1804 Draped Bust Quarter (6,738) $3,500
- 1822 25 over 50 c Capped Bust Quarter (unknown quantity) $6,500
- 1823 over 2 Capped Bust Quarter (estimated 30 to 40 exist) $45,000
- 1828 25 over 50 c Capped Bust Quarter (unknown quantity) $1,250
- 1842-O Seated Liberty Quarter with small date (unknown quantity) $070
- 1849-O Seated Liberty Quarter (unknown quantity) $1,250
- 1854-O Seated Liberty Quarter with huge ‘O’ mintmark (unknown quantity) $900
- 1860-S Seated Liberty Quarter (56,000) $1,000
- 1864-S Seated Liberty Quarter (20,000) $1,100
- 1870-CC Seated Liberty Quarter (8,340) $9,500
- 1871-CC Seated Liberty Quarter (10,890) $9,500
- 1872-CC Seated Liberty Quarter (22,850) $2,000
- 1873-CC Seated Liberty Quarter with motto (estimated 5 exist) $125,000 in XF-40
- 1873-CC Seated Liberty Quarter with motto and arrows (12,462) $4,750
- 1896-S Barber Quarter (188,039) $850
- 1901-S Barber Quarter (72,664) $5,000
- 1913-S Barber Quarter (40,000) $1,500
- 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter (52,000) $4,000
- 1918 over 7-S Standing Liberty Quarter (unknown quantity) $1,700
- 1921 Standing Liberty Quarter (1,916,000) $200
- 1923-S Standing Liberty Quarter (1,360,000) $375
- 1932-D Washington Quarter (436,800) $75
- 1932-S Washington Quarter (408,000) $65
- 1937 Washington Quarter with double die obverse (unknown quantity) $115
Source: coins.thefuntimesguide.com
