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The current rarity for the Washington Quarter silver series are as follows: Branch Mintmarks are; D = Denver, S = San Francisco. Coins without mintmarks are all made at the main Mint in Philadelphia. This listing is for Business strikes, not the Proofs.

1932 D 1932 S 1934 - with Double Die Obverse (DDO) 1935 D 1936 D 1937 - with Double Die Obverse (DDO) 1937 S 1938 S 1939 S 1940 D 1942 D - with Double Die Obverse (DDO) 1942 D - with Double Die Reverse (DDR) 1943 - with Double Die ??????? 1943 S - with Double Die Obverse (DDO) 1950 D/S Over mintmark ( coin is a '50-D, with underlying S mintmark ) 1950 S/D Over mintmark ( coin is a '50-S, with underlying D mintmark ) 1955 D The 1940 Denver Mint, 1936 Denver mint, and the 1935 Denver Mint coins as well as many others in the series, appear as much more valuable than other coins not because of their mintages, but because they are harder to find in high grades. Many of these coins are worth only "melt value" in low grades, or only their notoriety value for some who wish to obtain these coins because they appear too expensive in better condition. Other coins in this list are expensive because of their extremely low mintages, such as the 1932 Denver and San Francisco issues. The overstruck mintmark issues are also scarce and expensive, especially in higher grades, but don't have the same popularity as overdates, which are found in pre-Washington quarter series.

The 1934 Philadelphia strike appears in two versions, one with a light motto (for "In God We Trust"), which is the same as that used on the 1932 strikings, and the other a heavy motto when the dies were reworked. Except in the highest grades the difference in value between the two is minor.

The "Silver Series" of Washington Quarters spans from 1932 to 1964; during many years in the series it will appear that certain mints did not mint Washington Quarters for that year. No known examples of quarters were made in 1933, San Francisco abstained in 1934 and 1949, and stopped after 1955, until it made proofs in 1968. Denver did not make quarters in 1938, and Philadelphia never stopped (except in 1933). Proof examples from 1936 to 1942 and 1950 to 1967 were struck in the Philadelphia Mint and in 1968 switched to the San Francisco Mint.

The mint mark on the coin is located on the reverse beneath the wreath on which the eagle is perched, and will either carry the mint mark "D" for Denver Mint, "S" for San Francisco mint, or be blank for the Philadelphia Mint.