AboutMyCoin1970-D Washington Quarter in MS61
A 1970-D Washington quarter graded MS61 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and MS61 is what a grader called the surface that survived. What that looks like on this coin is below. The nearest grade of this date this site does have a researched figure for is Mint State (MS-65), at $7 to $17, from sales and public data.
What MS61 means
A 1970-D Washington quarter in Mint State (MS-61) has no wear whatever and is graded near the floor of mint state for its surfaces alone: the open fields of Washington’s cheek and jaw carry heavy and obvious contact marks and the lustre is present but broken. It is one step off the bottom of the grade, and what separates it from sixty is that the marks are fewer rather than lighter.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade MS-61. They are the same grade and the same 1970-D Washington quarter.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 1970-D Washington quarter is given run from PO1 to MS70. One step up from MS61 is Mint State (MS-62). In general terms, the higher the grade the more the coin is worth.
A blank in the value column is a grade this site has not researched, not a grade the coin is worth nothing in.
How to check this yourself
Sold listings, not asking prices. The link below is already filtered to completed sales of a 1970-D Washington quarter in MS61, which is the difference between what somebody paid and what somebody hoped for. Until this site has a researched figure for this grade, that search is the answer — take the middle of several recent sales rather than the highest.
Where these figures come from
We gather publicly available data from several public sources including eBay, PCGS, NGC, Numista, USA Coin Book, PriceCharting, and others.
Not an appraisal. AboutMyCoin estimates from published specifications and does not authenticate or grade coins.
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