AboutMyCoin1960-D Washington Quarter
A 1960-D Washington quarter was struck at Denver, is 90% silver, and contains 0.1808 troy ounces of silver — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1960 quarter with no mint mark.
Silver melt value
$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
Melt value is what the silver is worth, not necessarily what you can sell it for. But it's a good baseline.
Coin info
- Year
- 1960
- Composition
- 90% silver, 10% copper
- Weight
- 6.25 g
- Diameter
- 24.3 mm
- Silver content
- 0.1808 troy oz
- Face value
- $0.25
- Denomination
- Quarter
- Mint mark
- D
- Minted at
- Denver (D)
- Country
- United States
- Obverse
- George Washington, facing left
- Reverse
- Heraldic eagle, wings spread, on a bundle of arrows
- Edge
- Reeded
Is it worth more than melt?
Probably not.
Very commonMintage: 63,000,324
A blank in the value column is a grade this site has not researched, not a grade the coin is worth nothing in.
From sales and public data. Figure occasionally updated. Not an appraisal or declaration of worth or value.
The Washington quarter series
Washington quarters dated 1932 to 1964 are 90% silver and worth many times face value; those dated 1965 and later are copper-nickel clad and worth twenty-five cents, apart from the silver proofs sold in collector sets since 1992.
- Struck
- 1932–present
- Designer
- John Flanagan
- Key dates
- 1932-D, 1932-S
The metal changed mid-series, so the date decides the metal and the metal decides most of the value.
| Years | Composition | Filed under |
|---|---|---|
| 1932–1964 | 90% silver, 10% copper | Silver ← this coin |
| 1965–1998 | Copper-nickel clad over a copper core | Clad |
| 1999–2021 | Copper-nickel clad over a copper core | Clad |
| 2022–present | Copper-nickel clad over a copper core | Clad |
Other years
2023-D Washington Quarter
A 2023-D Washington quarter was struck at Denver, is copper-nickel clad over a copper core with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 2023-P.
2023-S Uncirculated Washington Quarter
A 2023-S uncirculated Washington quarter is copper-nickel clad over a copper core with no silver in it at all and was sold by the Mint in rolls and bags rather than released into circulation, so the 2,517,440 struck were all bought by collectors.
2023-P Washington Quarter
A 2023-P Washington quarter was struck at Philadelphia, is copper-nickel clad over a copper core with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 2023-D.
2024-D Washington Quarter
A 2024-D Washington quarter was struck at Denver, is copper-nickel clad over a copper core with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 2024-P.
2024-S Uncirculated Washington Quarter
A 2024-S uncirculated Washington quarter is copper-nickel clad over a copper core with no silver in it at all and was sold by the Mint in rolls and bags rather than released into circulation, so the 2,867,720 struck were all bought by collectors.
2024-P Washington Quarter
A 2024-P Washington quarter was struck at Philadelphia, is copper-nickel clad over a copper core with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 2024-D.
2025-D Washington Quarter
A 2025-D Washington quarter was struck at Denver, is copper-nickel clad over a copper core with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 2025-P.
2025-S Uncirculated Washington Quarter
A 2025-S uncirculated Washington quarter is copper-nickel clad over a copper core with no silver in it at all and was sold by the Mint in rolls and bags rather than released into circulation, so the 2,033,080 struck were all bought by collectors.
2025-P Washington Quarter
A 2025-P Washington quarter was struck at Philadelphia, is copper-nickel clad over a copper core with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 2025-D.
A mint mark does not make a quarter rarer
Denver struck 63,000,324 quarters in 1960, more than twice the 29,164,000 struck at Philadelphia, so the coin with the letter on it is the commoner of the two. That is the reverse of what most people expect, and the expectation has a source: in the first year of the series Denver struck 436,800 quarters and San Francisco 408,000, against more than five million at Philadelphia, and those two mint-marked dates are the famous keys of the whole run.
Twenty-eight years later the arithmetic had turned over and nothing about the letter carried with it. A 1960-D is worth the silver in it, and no dealer separates it from a 1960 with no mint mark in circulated grades.
Not an appraisal. AboutMyCoin estimates from published specifications and does not authenticate or grade coins.