AboutMyCoin1964 Washington Quarter (No Mint Mark) in AU50
A 1964 Washington quarter with no mint mark graded AU50 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and AU50 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 AU50 means
A 1964 Washington quarter with no mint mark in About Uncirculated (AU-50) circulated briefly and barely: the high points of Washington’s hair above and behind the ear are flattened where they stand highest, the eagle’s breast and the tops of its wings show the same, some of the original mint lustre survives in the fields around them, and every other detail is as it was struck.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade AU-50. They are the same grade and the same 1964 Washington quarter with no mint mark.
Where this grade sits
The grades a 1964 Washington quarter with no mint mark is given run from PO1 to MS70. One step up from AU50 is About Uncirculated (AU-53). 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 1964 Washington quarter with no mint mark in AU50, 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 1964 Washington Quarter (No Mint Mark) in AU50 →
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 1964 Washington quarter with no mint mark cannot be worth less than the metal in it. That figure is what the premium for AU50 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.
1964 Washington Quarter (No Mint Mark): every grade, the metal and the specification →