AboutMyCoin2020-W Washington Quarter in MS69
A 2020-W Washington quarter graded MS69 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and MS69 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 MS69 means
A 2020-W Washington quarter in Mint State (MS-69) is one mark away from perfect, and that mark is visible only under magnification. On a coin struck for circulation this grade is essentially unheard of; where it occurs at all it is on an issue the Mint sold directly, in packaging that never let the coin touch another.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade MS-69. They are the same grade and the same 2020-W Washington quarter.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 2020-W Washington quarter is given run from PO1 to MS70. One step up from MS69 is Mint State (MS-70). 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 2020-W Washington quarter in MS69, 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.
Not an appraisal. AboutMyCoin estimates from published specifications and does not authenticate or grade coins.
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