1964 quarter value: what yours is worth by condition
1964 quarters are 90% silver. See what yours is worth by condition, how to figure its silver value and which ones deserve a closer look.
Found a 1964 quarter in your change or in an old jar? Keep it. The 1964 Washington quarter is made of 90% silver, so even a worn one is worth many times its face value.
Why 1964 is different
1964 is the last date on a silver quarter made for circulation. The Coinage Act of 1965, signed on July 23, 1965, took silver out of the dime and the quarter. From 1965 on, quarters have a copper core with copper-nickel faces (Coinage Act of 1965).
The Mint kept striking 1964-dated silver quarters into 1965, so there are a lot of them: about 560 million from Philadelphia (no mint mark) and 704 million from Denver ("D" mint mark). With that many around, almost every 1964 quarter sells for about the value of its silver.
Quick check: look at the edge. A silver quarter has a solid silver-gray edge. A 1965 or later quarter shows a copper stripe.
What a 1964 quarter is worth by condition
Average values from the Numista catalog, in US dollars, checked on October 26, 2026:
| Condition | 1964 (no mint mark) | 1964-D |
|---|---|---|
| Good (G): heavily worn, date readable | $9.02 | $9.36 |
| Fine (F): worn, main details visible | $10.10 | $9.88 |
| Extremely Fine (XF): light wear on the high points | $10.26 | $9.88 |
| About Uncirculated (AU): traces of wear | $11.17 | $11.24 |
| Uncirculated (UNC): no wear | $11.17 | $12.89 |
A 1964 proof quarter lists at about $19.76. The Mint struck 3,950,762 of them, all in Philadelphia, for collectors' proof sets.
Compare a worn coin with an uncirculated one: the gap is two or three dollars. The silver sets a floor under every 1964 quarter, and for a common date that floor makes up most of the price.
How to work out the silver value yourself
A 1964 quarter weighs 6.25 grams and is 90% silver:
- 6.25 g × 0.90 = 5.625 g of pure silver
- 5.625 g ÷ 31.1035 g per troy ounce = 0.1808 troy ounces
Multiply 0.1808 by today's silver spot price per ounce. At $50 an ounce, for example, the silver in one quarter is worth about $9.04. The silver price changes every day, and your quarter's value changes with it.
When a 1964 quarter is worth more
- Top-condition coins. Uncirculated quarters with no marks, graded by a professional service, can sell for more than their silver, and the price climbs with the grade.
- Reverse varieties. Numista lists two less common reverse (eagle side) designs: a 1964 from Philadelphia with the proof-style reverse, and a 1964-D with the reverse made for the 1965 clad quarters. You need a magnifier and a reference picture to spot them. Numista lists the Philadelphia one at $14.21 uncirculated, a few dollars above a regular coin.
- Errors. Off-center strikes and doubled dates exist. They are uncommon, and you need an expert to confirm one. A scratch, a stain or a dent counts as damage and lowers the value.
How to check yours
- Read the date, then turn the coin over. On a 1964 quarter the mint mark is on the back, under the eagle, near the bottom of the wreath. A "D" means Denver; no letter means Philadelphia. (The mint mark moved to the front only in 1968.)
- Judge the wear: look at the hair above the ear and the eagle's breast feathers. Flat and smooth means heavy wear.
- Don't clean it. Cleaning leaves fine scratches that collectors spot right away, and it cuts the value.
To check other old coins, Coin Value Identifier AI can do the first pass. Photograph the front and the back, and the app identifies the coin. You pick the mint mark and variety, and it shows the Numista estimate for each grade, from Good to Uncirculated.