United States
¼ Dollar "Washington Quarter" · “Washington Quarter”
United States · 1965–1998 · Copper
The coin
The story
The Washington Quarter: The Coin That Quietly Lost Its Silver
Stand a quarter on its side and look at the rim. That thin orange-copper stripe is the fingerprint of a national emergency: in 1965 the United States ran out of cheap silver and had to rebuild its small change from the inside out. The Washington quarter is where the swap happened — and it kept George Washington's face the whole time, so almost nobody noticed.
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19 listed · each its own pageIssue1 live · from $399.0019651 live · from $90.001968-S3 live · from $49.001976-S2 live · from $35.001976-S2 live · from $20.001977-S4 live · from $1.001978-S2 live · from $22.001980-S2 live · from $37.001981-S2 live · from $1.001982-S1 live · from $1.001983-S2 live · from $1.001984-S1 live · from $389.001986-S1 live · from $50.001987-S3 live · from $1.001992-S1 live · from $1.001993-S2 live · from $15.001995-S1 live · from $20.001997-S1 live · from $25.001998-S1 live · from $99.00
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Live on eBay — 1992 · grade 68 · ICG
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