AboutMyCoin1949 Washington Quarter (No Mint Mark) in AU53
A 1949 Washington quarter with no mint mark graded AU53 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and AU53 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 AU53 means
A 1949 Washington quarter with no mint mark in About Uncirculated (AU-53) carries light wear over the highest points of the design, with perhaps half of the original lustre still in the fields: the high points of Washington’s hair above and behind the ear are visibly rubbed, and the eagle’s breast and the tops of its wings show the same. It is the lowest of the three About Uncirculated rungs above fifty and the one where the rub is easiest to see, because it covers an area rather than merely touching the peaks.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade AU-53. They are the same grade and the same 1949 Washington quarter with no mint mark.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 1949 Washington quarter with no mint mark is given run from PO1 to MS70. One step up from AU53 is About Uncirculated (AU-55). 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 1949 Washington quarter with no mint mark in AU53, 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 1949 Washington Quarter (No Mint Mark) in AU53 →
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 1949 Washington quarter with no mint mark cannot be worth less than the metal in it. That figure is what the premium for AU53 is measured against, and it moves with the metal price rather than with the coin market.
Not an appraisal. AboutMyCoin estimates from published specifications and does not authenticate or grade coins.
1949 Washington Quarter (No Mint Mark): every grade, the metal and the specification →