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A Standing Liberty Quarter contains 0.1808 troy oz of silver — about $10.80 at today's silver price.
Spot price as of July 23, 2026
About This Series
Hermon MacNeil's Standing Liberty quarter is one of the great designs of the early 20th century, though it had a complicated run. The original 1916 type shows Liberty with an exposed breast; a 1917 revision added chain mail armor. The date placement wore off quickly on early strikes, creating a swarm of dateless coins still found in old lots. Key dates include the 1916 (under 52,000 struck), the 1918/7-S overdate, and the 1927-S. The 1925 redesign added a recessed date to address the wear problem. Collectors who want the full set by date and mintmark face a genuinely difficult challenge.
Specifications
1916–1930
- Composition
- 90% Silver, 10% Copper
- Fineness
- 90.0%
- Weight
- 6.25 g
- Diameter
- 24.3 mm
- ASW
- 0.1808 oz
- Years Produced
- 1916–1930
Melt Value
Based on silver spot price of $59.74/oz
Spot price as of July 23, 2026
Mintage by year and mint
“Low mintage” marks a year at or below 10% of the median business-strike mintage for its own denomination; “Scarce for the series” marks one above 10% and at or below 25%. The median here is 2,986,000. That is a statement about how many were struck, not about how many survive or what collectors pay.
Low mintage years in this series: 1916 Philadelphia (52,000).
Show all 34 issues, 1916–1930
| Year | Mint | Business strikes | Proof | Relative mintage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | Philadelphia | 52,000 | Not listed by NGC | Low mintage |
| 1917 | Denver | Varieties reported separately | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1917 | Philadelphia | Varieties reported separately | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1917 | San Francisco | Varieties reported separately | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1918 | Denver | 7,380,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1918 | Philadelphia | 14,240,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1918 | San Francisco | 11,072,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1919 | Denver | 1,944,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1919 | Philadelphia | 11,324,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1919 | San Francisco | 1,836,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1920 | Denver | 3,586,400 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1920 | Philadelphia | 27,860,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1920 | San Francisco | 6,380,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1921 | Philadelphia | 1,916,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1923 | Philadelphia | 9,716,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1923 | San Francisco | 1,360,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1924 | Denver | 3,112,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1924 | Philadelphia | 10,920,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1924 | San Francisco | 2,860,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1925 | Philadelphia | 12,280,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1926 | Denver | 1,716,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1926 | Philadelphia | 11,316,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1926 | San Francisco | 2,700,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1927 | Denver | 976,400 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1927 | Philadelphia | Not published by NGC | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1927 | San Francisco | 396,000 | Not listed by NGC | Scarce for the series |
| 1928 | Denver | 1,627,600 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1928 | Philadelphia | 6,336,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1928 | San Francisco | 2,644,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1929 | Denver | 1,358,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1929 | Philadelphia | 11,140,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1929 | San Francisco | 1,764,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1930 | Philadelphia | 5,632,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| 1930 | San Francisco | 1,556,000 | Not listed by NGC | |
| Mintages as published by NGC Coin Explorer, 2026-03 snapshot. Covers 1916–1930. NGC Coin Explorer does not list every date and mint, so this is what it publishes rather than a complete census. | ||||