Quarter Dollar Coin
- 1915 Barber Quarter
- The 1915 Philadelphia and Denver issues are decently common and, all around, 1915 is an affordable year for coin collectors looking to pick up well-circulated examples of Barber quarters from the year. Here’s a breakdown of mintages and values of 1915 Barber quarters: 1915 – 3,480,000; $13. 1915-D – 3,694,000; $13. 1915-S – 704,000; $16.
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- The quarter, short for quarter dollar, is a United States coin worth 25 cents, one-quarter of a dollar. It has a diameter of.955 inch (24.26 mm) and a thickness of.069 inch (1.75 mm). The coin sports the profile of George Washington on its obverse, and its reverse design has changed frequently.
- Since 2010, the U.S. Mint has issued 56 quarter-dollar coins that feature designs which depict national parks and other national sites as part of its America the Beautiful Quarters Program.
Washington Quarter Values. The Washington Quarter was introduced in the early 1930s and has remained in continuous circulation since. Of course, unlike contemporary clad quarters, Washington Quarters minted between 1932 and 1964 contain a good bit of Silver, increasing their intrinsic value far above their face value as legal tender.
Coin Info
Nearly 8 million Barber quarters were minted in 1915, which is a fairly strong number as compared to the mintages of the few previous years. While the 1915-S did see a mintage of less than 1 million, that issue is not considered anything scarcer than a “better date.” The 1915 Philadelphia and Denver issues are decently common and, all around, 1915 is an affordable year for coin collectors looking to pick up well-circulated examples of Barber quarters from the year.
Here’s a breakdown of mintages and values of 1915 Barber quarters:
1915 – 3,480,000; $13
1915-D – 3,694,000; $13
1915-S – 704,000; $16
1915 proof – 450; $925
*Values are for coins in a grade of Good-4, unless otherwise noted.
Perhaps the most noteworthy bit from 1915 regarding Barber quarters was the striking of the final proofs for the series. Proof coinage, which had been produced in small numbers anyway, was retired for all denominations during the mid-1910s, and would not resume until 1936, when the era of the modern proof coins began.
The Barber quarter was designed by U.S. Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber and was first produced in 1892. Production of the series would continue until 1916.