Standing Liberty Quarter Mintage

In 1916, the quarter dollar was redesigned, continuing the efforts first began by President Theodore Roosevelt to return our coinage to objects of artistic beauty. The new series, the Standing Liberty Quarters began with an incredibly low mintage in its first year of issue. Mintage levels were generally higher for the majority of the series. Assembling a complete collection can be a challenge due to the low mintage key date and several other issues which are particularly conditionally challenging in higher grades.

1920 Standing Liberty Quarter
1920 Standing Liberty Quarter

The Standing Liberty Quarter had two distinct designs during the course of the series, known as Variety 1 and Variety 2. The initial design features the full figure of Liberty standing within a gate adorned, holding an olive branch and shield and her breast exposed with stars and the motto “IN GOD WE TRUST.” Lady Liberty holds an olive branch and shield, and has her breast exposed. The inscription “LIBERTY” appears above. The initial reverse design featured an eagle in flight with seven stars to the left and six to the right. Inscriptions read “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “E PLURIBUS UNUM,” and “QUARTER DOLLAR.” Part of the way through 1917, the design was changed. Most noticeably, Liberty now wore a suit of chain mail, covering her breast. On the reverse, the stars were realigned, with five to each side and three below the eagle.

Standing Liberty Quarter Notes:

  • There are 37 different date and mint mark combinations, including the two different varieties for 1917.
  • Across all issues, there were a total of 226,770,400 coins produced. The average production level for each issue was 6,128,930.
  • The lowest mintage issue occurred for the 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter at a mere 52,000 pieces.
  • The highest mintage issue, also by a wide margin, was the 1920 at 27,860,000.
  • The series was cut short after only 15 years of production for the issuance of the Washington Quarter, issued to coincide with his bicentennial. The coin was so popular that it continued to be issued, replacing the former series.

Standing Liberty Quarter Mintages:

IssueMintage
191652,000
1917 Variety 18,740,000
1917-D Variety 11,509,200
1917-S Variety 11,952,000
1917 Variety 213,880,000
1917-D Variety 26,224,400
1917-S Variety 25,552,000
191814,240,000
1918-D7,380,800
1918-S11,072,000
191911,324,000
1919-D1,944,000
1919-S1,836,000
192027,860,000
1920-D3,586,400
1920-S6,380,000
19211,916,000
19239,716,000
1923-S1,360,000
192410,920,000
1924-D3,112,000
1924-S2,860,000
192512,280,000
192611,316,000
1926-D1,716,000
1926-S2,700,000
192711,912,000
1927-D976,000
1927-S396,000
19286,336,000
1928-D1,627,600
1928-S2,644,000
192911,140,000
1929-D1,358,000
1929-S1,764,000
19305,632,000
1930-S1,556,000
Source: StandingLibertyQuarter.org