United States 1946-S quarter dollar

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The Washington quarter superseded the Standing Liberty quarter in 1932 and is still in production, nearly ninety years later. The type was silver for 1932-64.

Recorded Mintage: 4,204,000 (lowest mintage date between 1940-D and 1952).

Specification: Weight: 6.25 grams, 0.900 fine silver, .180 troy oz ASW, 24.3 mm diameter,

Source:

• Breen, Walter H., Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins, New York: Doubleday, 1987.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.

Link to:

• 1946 half dollar, Iowa centennial
• 1947-D dime
• 1957 quarter
• 1957-D quarter
• Coins and currency dated 1946
• return to USA Washington Quarter Dollars, Eagle Reverse (1932-1998)