AboutMyCoin2016-S Uncirculated Washington Quarter in MS62
A 2016-S uncirculated Washington quarter graded MS62 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and MS62 is what a grader called the surface that survived. What that looks like on this coin is below. Where the grade sits against the rungs either side of it, and every way it is written on a slab, are in the table below.
What MS62 means
A 2016-S uncirculated Washington quarter in Mint State (MS-62) has no wear and marks that are scattered rather than concentrated: the open fields of Washington’s cheek and jaw still show them, but the lustre is largely unbroken and the coin reads as uncirculated at a glance rather than only under a loupe.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade MS-62. They are the same grade and the same 2016-S uncirculated Washington quarter.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 2016-S uncirculated Washington quarter is given run from MS60 to MS70. One step up from MS62 is Mint State (MS-63). In general terms, the higher the grade the more the coin is worth.
How to check this yourself
Sold listings, not asking prices. The link below is already filtered to completed sales of a 2016-S uncirculated Washington quarter in MS62, 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.
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