1916 Standing Liberty Quarter Mintage

Even established collectors found it challenging to locate 1916 dated standing liberty quarters and this coin was selling for a dollar or more within months of its release.

1916 standing liberty quarter mintage.

The table below displays the mintages for standing liberty quarters produced for circulation. The extremely low mintage of the 1916 standing liberty quarter has resulted in that piece becoming a significant rarity that today commands prices of more than 3 000 for a specimen in a grade of good 4. The standing liberty quarter is a 25 cent coin that was struck by the united states mint from 1916 to 1930. The highest mintage occurred in 1920 when 27 860 000 coins were produced at the philadelphia mint.

The 1916 standing liberty quarter buy on ebay is the lowest mintage coin of the series by far with a mere 52 000 pieces produced this issue actually ranks as one of the lowest mintage circulating coins of the entire twentieth century solidifying its status as an important key date. You can put them in a book to show others who enjoy your hobby. Three types of standing liberty quarters. Standing liberty quarter value facts.

If you love coin collecting consider starting a standing liberty quarter collection. Mintage comments 1916 p 52 000 1917 p 8 740 000 d 1 509 200 s 1 952 000 type 2. These coins were not struck until the last two weeks of 1916 and they were released in january 1917. In 1915 director of the mint robert w.

Silver coins have been melted and lost over the years and their survival rate is less than the mintage and sometimes substantially less. The 1916 standing liberty quarter is the first issue in the series. You may also want to frame them to hang on your wall. Type 2 1917 1924 silver year mint mintage comments 1917 p 13 880 000 d 6 224 400 s.

Standing liberty quarters mintage the quarter dollar was redesigned continuing the efforts first began by president theodore roosevelt to return our coinage to objects of artistic beauty. The new series would come to be known as the standing liberty quarters and would begin with an incredibly low mintage first year of issue. The result was that most persons desiring to save a sample or two of the new coins never knew of the rare 1916 pieces unless they were readers of numismatic publications. Standing liberty quarter below are the mintage figures for the united states quarter.

A second low mintage date is the 1927 s at 296 000 pieces. The mintage is consequently very low a mere 52 000 coins making this issue the lowest mintage by far in the standing liberty quarter series and indeed one of the lowest. The mintage is a number reported by the us mint and does not reflect the survival number of each date and mint. For a base level uncirculated 1916 standing liberty quarter prices exceed 15 000.

Woolley began steps to replace. The mintage low occurred for the 1916 standing liberty quarter at only 52 000 pieces.