AboutMyCoin1950-S Washington Quarter in MS60
A 1950-S Washington quarter graded MS60 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and MS60 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 MS60 means
A 1950-S Washington quarter in Mint State (MS-60) has no wear at all and is graded at the bottom of mint state for everything else: the open fields of Washington’s cheek and jaw carry heavy contact marks from the mint bag, the lustre is dull or broken, and the coin has little eye appeal. Nothing about it circulated; everything about it was handled.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade MS-60. They are the same grade and the same 1950-S Washington quarter.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 1950-S Washington quarter is given run from PO1 to MS70. One step up from MS60 is Mint State (MS-61). 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 1950-S Washington quarter in MS60, 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.
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 1950-S Washington quarter cannot be worth less than the metal in it. That figure is what the premium for MS60 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.
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