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1940-D Washington Quarter · graded MS67

1940-D Washington Quarter in MS67

What does MS67 mean on a 1940-D Washington quarter?

A 1940-D Washington quarter graded MS67 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and MS67 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 $248 to $322, from sales and public data.

What MS67 means

A 1940-D Washington quarter in Mint State (MS-67) is as good as the issue is known to come: no wear, lustre that is complete and undisturbed, and marks so small that finding them is the work rather than counting them. On a common date this is usually the only grade worth a large sum, because a coin anybody can buy for pennies in every other grade is one almost nobody kept this well.

A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade MS-67. They are the same grade and the same 1940-D Washington quarter.

Where this grade sits

The grades a 1940-D Washington quarter is given run from PO1 to MS70. One step up from MS67 is Mint State (MS-68). 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 1940-D Washington quarter in MS67, 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.

Completed sales of a 1940-D Washington Quarter in MS67 →

The metal floor under it

$11.64

0.1808 troy oz silver × $64.38 per troy ounce

$64.38/ozt, based on spot prices at 23 September 2026 19:59 UTC

Whatever the market does, a 1940-D Washington quarter cannot be worth less than the metal in it. That figure is what the premium for MS67 is measured against, and it moves with the metal price rather than with the coin market.

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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