AboutMyCoin1949 Washington Quarter (No Mint Mark) in G4
A 1949 Washington quarter with no mint mark graded G4 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and G4 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 G4 means
A 1949 Washington quarter with no mint mark in Good (G-4) is worn evenly across its whole surface, and the design reads as an outline rather than a relief: the high points of Washington’s hair above and behind the ear are flat, the eagle’s breast and the tops of its wings show no detail at all, and LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST and the date are still readable with the rim beginning to merge into the lettering.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade G-4. 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 G4 is Good (G-6). 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 G4, 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 G4 →
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 G4 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 →