Liberty Seated Quarters Mintage

The Liberty Seated Quarter was issued for a lengthy period of 53 years, which would only be surpassed by the modern Washington type issued half a century later. Throughout the long duration of the series, numerous design and composition changes resulted in an abundance of subtypes for collectors to pursue. The mintage levels for the series dipped to extraordinary lows at several points throughout the series.

The original obverse design for the series featured an image of Liberty seated on a rock. She holds a pole with a cap in one hand and a union shield in the other. Minor design changes included the addition of drapery at her elbow early within the series. The later changes were prompted by alterations of the composition, which saw the weight reduced from 6.68 grams to 6.22 grams, and then increased slightly to 6.25 grams. These changes were marked with the addition of arrows and/or rays within the design. Finally, the motto “In God We Trust” was added to the reverse late in the series.

Production took place at Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco, and Carson City. Mintage levels covered an extremely wide range from just a few thousand to more than ten million pieces.

For the Liberty Seated Quarters series:

  • The lowest mintage was seen for 1873-CC without arrows when there were 4,000 pieces reported as struck. Of this number, only 5 are known to exist.
  • The highest mintage was for the 1876 Quarter with 17,816,000 pieces struck.
  • Across all issues, the total reported mintages for the series reached 155,498,956.
  • The average mintage per issue was 1,439,805.

Liberty Seated Quarter Mintages

IssueMintage
1838 (No Drapery)466,000
1839 (No Drapery)491,146
1840 (No Drapery)188,127
1840-O (No Drapery)382,200
1840-O (Drapery)43,000
1841120,000
1841-O452,000
184288,000
1842-O769,000
1843645,600
1843-O968,000
1844421,200
1844-O740,000
1845922,000
1846510,000
1847734,000
1847-O368,000
1848146,000
1849340,000
1849-Oincluded below
1850-O412,000
1850190,800
1851160,000
1851-O88,000
1852177,060
1852-O96,000
185344,200
1853 Arrows and Rays15,210,020
1853-O Arrows and Rays1,332,000
1854 Arrows12,380,000
1854-O Arrows1,484,000
1855 Arrows2,857,000
1855-O Arrows176,000
1855-S Arrows396,400
18567,264,000
1856-O968,000
1856-S286,000
18579,644,000
1857-O1,180,000
1857-S82,000
18587,368,000
1858-O520,000
1858-S121,000
18591,343,200
1859-O260,000
1859-S80,000
1860804,400
1860-O388,000
1860-S56,000
18614,853,600
1861-S96,000
1862932,000
1862-S67,000
1863191,600
186493,600
1864-S20,000
186558,800
1865-S41,000
186616,800
1866-S28,000
186720,000
1867-S48,000
186829,400
1868-S96,000
186916,000
1869-S76,000
187086,400
1870-CC8,340
1871118,200
1871-S30,900
1871-CC10,890
1872182,000
1872-S83,000
1872-CC22,850
1873212,000
1873-CC4,000
1873 Arrows1,271,160
1873-S Arrows156,000
1873-CC Arrows12,462
1874 Arrows471,200
1874-S Arrows392,000
18754,292,800
1875-S680,000
1875-CC140,000
187617,816,000
1876-S8,596,000
1876-CC4,944,000
187710,911,200
1877-S8,996,000
1877-CC4,192,000
18782,260,000
1878-S140,000
1878-CC996,000
187913,600
188013,600
188112,000
188215,200
188314,400
18848,000
188513,600
18865,000
188710,000
188810,001
1888-S1,216,000
188912,000
189080,000
18913,920,000
1891-O68,000
1891-S2,216,000

Source: LibertySeatedQuarter.com