Seated Liberty Quarter Values

How Much Seated Liberty Quarter​​s are Worth: Seated Liberty Quarter​​ Values & Coin Price Chart

Year
Mint
Variety
Designation
VG-8
F-12
VF-20
EF-40
AU-50
U-60
MS-63
MS-64
MS-65
MS-66
MS-67
1800
P
Plain 4- Stemless Wreath
Red-brown
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1200
1100
YearMintVarietyDesignationVG-8F-12VF-20EF-40AU-50MS-60MS-63MS-64MS-65MS-66
1838(None) Phil----$79$129$291$598$1,145$2,075$4,950$11,090$32,350$67,750
1839(None) Phil----$79$129$291$598$1,145$2,075$4,950$11,090$39,850$67,750
1840ONo Drapery--$87$150$291$450$1,145$2,075$4,950$17,190$29,700$60,500
1840(None) PhilDrapery--$39$90$184$402$650$1,950$5,920$16,600$20,750$25,875
1840ODrapery--$74$117$233$545$830$1,868$5,200$11,790$27,675--
1841(None) Phil----$142$205$323$534$858$1,453$2,048$3,680$9,550$26,825
1841O----$57$88$193$350$500$1,085$1,868$3,320$10,568$25,000
1842(None) Phil----$113$161$285$529$880$1,910$5,063$7,690$13,000--
1842OLarge Date--$69$105$168$349$648$2,020$3,900$6,888----
1843(None) Phil----$39$51$96$244$377$803$1,910$3,460$4,840$10,000
1843O----$96$219$404$1,065$1,715$3,210$7,000$9,460$18,250--
1844(None) Phil----$43$70$111$247$382$1,163$2,240$3,900$15,350--
1844O----$73$96$150$335$493$1,605$1,965$6,500$12,725$13,200
1845(None) Phil----$39$58$83$166$285$775$1,343$2,270$5,918$12,500
1846(None) Phil----$96$132$168$349$512$1,090$2,130$3,900$12,450$19,500
1847(None) Phil----$39$51$71$175$310$753$1,895$2,850$5,200$8,800
1847O----$219$338$623$1,038$1,715$8,300$16,600$35,000----
1848(None) Phil----$96$135$216$819$734$1,550$4,950$6,000$12,450$13,750
1849(None) Phil----$49$73$108$225$388$1,065$1,910$4,953$11,680--
1849O----$2,408$3,320$3,790$7,135$8,520$20,750$26,150$35,000----
1850(None) Phil----$60$117$168$360$675$2,020$3,125$3,900$13,275$16,875
1850O----$146$190$255$728$899$2,380$5,450$27,995$17,300$18,150
1851(None) Phil----$208$318$484$739$1,015$1,425$2,600$4,590$7,990$13,975
1851O----$728$949$1,355$3,070$4,010$11,200$37,600$67,750----
1852(None) Phil----$142$246$388$645$880$1,423$2,075$4,260$6,109$19,375
1852O----$595$955$1,660$2,463$6,638$12,175$33,750------
1853O----$83$129$194$404$1,065$4,425$9,900$21,300$28,500$47,875
1853(None) Phil----$46$60$101$200$500$1,245$2,009$3,415$8,713$22,990
1853/4(None) Phil----$117$208$343$650$913$2,240$4,480$7,825$45,375--
1853(None) PhilNo Arrows--$2,075$2,960$3,763$4,870$5,673$7,525$8,300$9,488$12,670$20,200
1854(None) Phil----$42$49$56$150$280$733$1,192$2,130$5,475$18,675
1854O----$59$73$90$168$338$1,190$2,145$13,495$20,200$28,350
1855(None) Phil----$42$49$56$110$285$733$1,192$2,020$5,200$18,675
1855O----$249$390$730$1,825$3,125$6,775$15,900$27,100----
1855S----$312$443$703$1,245$1,770$3,900$9,125$20,875$33,750--
1856(None) Phil----$39$51$66$137$255$469$775$1,087$2,725$3,680
1856O----$68$99$155$320$623$1,425$2,367$5,310$13,550--
1856S----$592$780$1,038$2,130$3,900$9,990$15,075$22,400$45,000--
1857(None) Phil----$39$45$60$137$255$469$775$1,087$2,490$3,515
1857O----$69$117$169$240$545$1,425$2,850$8,725$17,500--
1857S----$520$675$833$1,300$2,185$5,090$9,625$13,995----
1858S----$462$675$1,093$2,960$4,840$22,400--------
1858(None) Phil----$39$51$66$137$255$469$775$1,087$2,490$4,439
1858O----$75$111$155$324$650$4,425$10,650$15,350$26,000--
1859(None) Phil----$39$51$66$137$255$543$1,010$1,453$3,775$10,375
1859O----$99$135$197$388$1,245$2,960$8,300$12,450$26,000$45,000
1859S----$664$1,038$1,355$4,870$12,313----------
1860(None) Phil----$39$51$66$140$260$606$1,190$1,813$5,450$12,725
1860O----$68$99$135$285$482$1,245$2,130$4,095$15,350$28,500
1860S----$1,965$3,570$5,725$8,850$16,875$44,250--------
1861(None) Phil----$39$51$80$137$255$488$803$1,093$2,490$5,560
1861O----$1,038$1,300$2,600$5,063$9,400----------
1862(None) Phil----$42$55$78$161$285$603$957$1,273$3,188$3,765
1862S----$338$518$700$1,605$2,725$4,675$8,575$39,000----
1863(None) Phil----$77$128$203$545$703$1,245$1,895$3,320$7,025$11,150
1864(None) Phil----$324$402$509$780$946$1,895$3,180$4,093$7,025$26,995
1864S----$1,300$1,660$2,213$5,838$7,800$16,600$23,375$26,825$45,000--
1865(None) Phil----$193$272$496$595$858$1,508$2,200$5,200$13,000$22,500
1865S----$440$623$896$1,675$2,700$6,363$11,200$15,625$26,000$67,750
1866(None) Phil----$1,143$1,350$1,633$2,090$2,450$3,323$3,877$4,180$10,650$18,125
1866S----$963$1,383$1,640$2,600$3,375$6,500$15,625$22,125$39,000$103,750
1867(None) Phil----$675$908$1,218$1,610$1,950$2,850$4,788$8,850$15,350$26,000
1867S----$990$1,300$1,688$3,320$8,850$12,200$16,600$20,200$50,000$85,000
1868(None) Phil----$377$468$545$794$1,093$1,950$3,900$5,450$10,100$27,995
1868S----$233$463$780$1,010$1,950$5,200$8,850$10,925$13,995$45,495
1869(None) Phil----$753$935$1,062$1,561$1,993$2,740$5,200$7,525$13,150$43,750
1869S----$338$559$780$1,250$2,130$5,560$8,575$11,200$22,550$33,750
1870(None) Phil----$117$182$273$454$703$1,140$2,600$5,063$6,750$8,575
1870CC----$16,600$23,650$30,150$63,900$159,000----------
1871(None) Phil----$96$135$207$363$473$830$1,715$4,150$5,725$7,550
1871CC----$17,150$22,400$36,500$58,900$78,800$143,250$229,500$329,000$470,000--
1871S----$1,453$2,130$2,850$4,260$5,325$8,575$11,200$15,075$22,125$36,500
1872(None) Phil----$117$212$262$454$623$1,535$2,600$4,010$6,500$13,975
1872CC----$2,988$5,950$11,950$17,425$22,400$74,400$150,000$175,000$225,000--
1872S----$2,975$3,570$4,980$8,800$11,950$20,050$31,800$36,500$47,000$67,750
1873(None) PhilOpen 3--$143$220$299$440$573$1,425$2,518$3,043$6,000$8,350
1873(None) Phil----$52$82$139$263$515$930$1,535$1,950$3,680$9,625
1873S----$143$215$285$518$714$2,450$5,175$9,825$16,875--
1874S----$52$82$139$263$515$930$1,535$1,950$3,305$4,260
1875S----$50$78$122$220$299$714$983$1,480$2,793$7,025
1875CC----$415$598$885$1,965$2,545$5,810$8,575$10,760$22,550$57,250
1875(None) Phil----$36$45$58$106$179$324$631$955$1,535$2,367
1876(None) Phil----$36$45$60$106$179$324$631$955$1,590$2,875
1876CC----$91$140$170$225$357$769$1,398$2,020$4,840$7,550
1876S----$36$47$58$106$179$324$631$983$1,508$3,570
1877(None) Phil----$36$45$58$106$179$324$631$959$1,384$2,367
1877CC----$91$125$173$258$368$653$1,535$2,009$2,835$4,370
1877S----$36$45$80$106$179$324$631$955$1,384$2,710
1877S/SS/Horizontal S--$70$133$233$438$748$1,420$1,840$2,365$3,930$13,975
1878(None) Phil----$36$45$58$106$179$324$631$3,609$1,978$3,238
1878CC----$93$124$168$316$440$960$1,508$2,020$3,903$5,450
1878S----$598$780$1,175$2,130$3,125$5,310$6,775$8,350$13,275$20,200
1879(None) Phil----$276$337$415$545$610$765$1,010$1,425$2,075$2,490
1880(None) Phil----$263$337$426$559$637$817$1,035$1,300$2,295$3,735
1881(None) Phil----$288$349$428$560$625$794$1,093$1,669$2,255$3,430
1882(None) Phil----$251$312$403$520$598$803$1,260$1,605$2,310$2,738
1883(None) Phil----$276$337$415$545$623$803$1,085$1,660$2,600$3,238
1884(None) Phil----$323$439$515$633$698$853$1,035$1,328$2,158$3,680
1885(None) Phil----$220$285$440$595$673$853$1,149$1,785$2,545$3,669
1886(None) Phil----$487$581$675$899$1,015$1,355$1,825$2,240$3,070$4,840
1887(None) Phil----$373$425$554$762$903$1,163$1,373$1,558$2,503$2,930
1888(None) Phil----$299$368$457$567$664$990$1,453$1,965$2,710$3,180
1888S----$36$45$58$106$201$465$955$1,590$2,850$6,530
1889(None) Phil----$226$312$452$529$608$844$1,273$1,480$2,240$2,655
1890(None) Phil----$182$220$273$349$452$722$983$1,273$2,075$2,600
1891(None) Phil----$36$45$58$106$179$324$631$955$1,480$2,490
1891O----$830$1,273$1,770$2,960$3,900$8,575$14,800$22,400$34,300$85,000
1891S----$36$45$58$106$195$365$648$1,010$1,453$4,150

Description and History

Seated Liberty Quarters (1838-1891) The quarter has been struck with few interruptions from the beginning of U.S. coinage to the present day. These were sanctioned originally in the Coinage Act of 1792, and the quarter has been one of the foundational coins of the U.S. monetary system ever since. They were first minted in 1796 and can still be found in pockets and purses today. Specifically, the Liberty Seated Quarter ran from 1838 to 1891, when it was replaced by the Barber.

Seated Liberty Quarter Design Early quarters were struck from 89.24% Silver and 10.76% Copper, an alloy that was slightly modified at the time of the Liberty Seated release. The alloy was changed at that point to 90% Silver, a percentage it would retain until the demise of most U.S. Silver coinage in 1964.

The Liberty Seated series had a representation of Liberty sitting on a rock, holding a Liberty pole with a Phrygian cap on the top (this symbol of freedom can be seen prominently in Capped Bust coins). The reverse on dimes had a wreath of laurel leaves, while larger coins such as the quarter, half dollar and dollar had an eagle.

This coin saw a number of small variations over the course of its run, including different number sizes, changes to the drapery around Liberty, the number and size of stars and more. One variety of note is the arrow by the date, which indicated a slight change in the size of the coin to bring the intrinsic value of the metal more in line with the face value. This change occurred from 1853 to 1855 and from 1873 to 1874. After a couple of years, they were changed back to the variant they had been before the arrows were implemented, as this was only a temporary measure to get people used to the changed coinage.

The Liberty Seated quarter survived through the Civil War, though many hoarded coins during this time period. These coins stayed in production till 1891, but changes in public approval and a push towards more interesting coinage led to the redesign of all varieties that could be touched, including the quarter. This led to the Barber series.

Historical Significance Early U.S. coins were not the only coins post-colonial America had. French, Spanish and English coins circulated freely and were accepted as legal tender, and the mintage of new U.S. money did not stop these from circulating. The quarter circulated but competed against these coins, particularly these early Bust quarters. These were important because they were among the first U.S. coins minted, but in terms of day-to-day living at the time of their mintage, their impact was muted.

The Coinage Act of 1857 occurred while the Liberty Seated was being minted. Businesses that had previously accepted any form of money as legal tender now would only accept U.S. coins, and that drove demand far exceeding that of previous years. That set the stage for our current monetary system.

Numismatic Value Liberty Seated quarters are available for a reasonable price for many years in low grades, but the price rises rapidly for higher grades. There are some very expensive, low mintage and rare examples that make this a very difficult but exciting and rewarding series to collect.

The higher mintages later in the series as opposed to earlier quarters make the Liberty Seated quarter series a set for intermediate collectors to get into. Early examples of U.S. coinage including the quarter are not easy to get one’s hands-on.

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