AboutMyCoin1961 Washington Quarter (No Mint Mark) in VF35
A 1961 Washington quarter with no mint mark graded VF35 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and VF35 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 VF35 means
A 1961 Washington quarter with no mint mark in Very Fine (VF-35) is Very Fine at its top edge and is routinely mistaken for the grade above: the eagle’s individual breast and leg feathers are nearly all present, the wear is confined to the high points of Washington’s hair above and behind the ear where they stand highest, and traces of lustre sometimes survive beside the devices. What separates it from Extremely Fine is how far the flattening has spread rather than any feature a reader can point at.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade VF-35. They are the same grade and the same 1961 Washington quarter with no mint mark.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 1961 Washington quarter with no mint mark is given run from PO1 to MS70. One step up from VF35 is Extremely Fine (XF-40). 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 1961 Washington quarter with no mint mark in VF35, 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 1961 Washington Quarter (No Mint Mark) in VF35 →
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 1961 Washington quarter with no mint mark cannot be worth less than the metal in it. That figure is what the premium for VF35 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.
1961 Washington Quarter (No Mint Mark): every grade, the metal and the specification →