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  • Mintages
    The Standing Liberty Quarter series was issued between the years 1916 to 1930, with no production taking place in 1922. Mintages ranged from one of the lowest for a circulation twentieth century coin to more than 27 million.
  • Specifications
    Although there were some changes to the design of the Standing Liberty Quarter during the course of the series, the basic specifications remained the same. Coins are struck in 90% silver and 10% copper. The coins have a weight of 6.25 grams and diameter of 24.3 mm.

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  • 1916
    The 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter was the first year of issue for the series and also the key date. The Philadelphia Mint struck only 52,000 pieces, making the coins valuable rarities at all grade levels.
  • 1917
    The 1917 Standing Liberty Quarter was the second year for the new quarter design. The coins come in two different varieties. Variety 1 has Liberty's breast exposed on the obverse and no stars appear below the eagle on the reverse.
  • 1918
    The 1918 Standing Liberty Quarter was struck for circulation at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mints. This year also includes a rare overdate known as the 1918-S, 8 over 7.
  • 1919
    The 1919 Standing Liberty Quarter was struck at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco mint facilities. The D and S mint marked coins have much lower mintages of 1,944,000 and 1,836,000 coins, respectively, which drive premiums for the coins.
  • 1920
    The 1920 Standing Liberty Quarter had the highest overall mintage for any date in the series. The Philadelphia Mint struck 27,860,000 coins, the Denver Mint struck 3,586,000, and the San Francisco Mint struck 6,380,000 coins.
  • 1921
    After the high coin production of the previous year, the 1921 Standing Liberty Quarter had one of the lowest mintages of the series. Only 1,916,000 coins were produced at the Philadelphia Mint, with no coins produced by the other facilities.
  • 1923
    The 1923 Standing Liberty Quarter followed the prior year when no coins were minted for the denomination.This year combined production of more than 10 million coins took place at the Philadelphia and San Francisco mints.
  • 1924
    The 1924 Standing Liberty Quarter was once again produced at all three mint facilities at Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco. This was the first year that all three produced the denomination since 1920.
  • 1925
    The 1925 Standing Liberty Quarter was only produced at the Philadelphia Mint. The coin had a mintage of 12,280,000, making it one of the more common issues of the series.
  • 1926
    The 1926 Standing Liberty Quarter was struck at Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco. The Philadelphia Mint produced 11,316,000. The 1926-D had a mintage of 1,716,000 and the 1926-S had a mintage of 2,700,000.
  • 1927
    Mintages were lower for the 1927 Standing Liberty Quarters. The coins were produced at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mints. The 1927-D had a mintage of 976,000 and the 1927-S had a mintage of 396,000.
  • 1928
    The 1928 Standing Liberty Quarter was produced at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mints. The mintages for the coins were 6,336,000, 1,627,600, and 2,644,000, respectively.
  • 1929
    The 1929 Standing Liberty Quarter would be the second to last issue of the series. The coins were once again produced at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mints.
  • 1930
    The 1930 Standing Liberty Quarter would be the final issue of the series. Coins were produced at the Philadelphia and San Francisco Mints. In 1932, the denomination was redesigned to feature a portrait of George Washington.
  • Full Head
    Full Head Standing Liberty Quarters are the focus of many collectors. Due to the nature of the coin design, not all coins were fully struck with details of Liberty's head and face visible. The designation Full Head or FH is assigned to coins with all of t
Standing Liberty Quarters