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1916 Standing Liberty quarter value guide -- the two-week key date of the whole series, and grade-by-grade prices.
Condition drives the price — full breakdown below.
52,000 struck — against the other key dates in the Standing Liberty Quarter series.
Bars are scaled to keep the smallest mintages visible; the exact figure is printed on every row. Mintage is coins struck, not coins surviving — melting and circulation wear thin those numbers further.
The entire 52,000-coin mintage was struck in a two-week window, December 16-31, 1916, and released into circulation on January 17, 1917 -- THE key date of the series.
PCGS CoinFacts estimates roughly 10,750 examples survive today, about 90% in circulated grades, with only about 600 known in Uncirculated Full Head condition.
Live listings matching the 1916 Type 1 Standing Liberty Quarter
Other dates and varieties in this series
What to check before you pay, specific to this date and its 52,000-coin mintage.
The same date runs from about $4,079 worn to $18,711 at the top of the scale — a 5× spread. Nearly all of that gap is condition, not the date on the coin, so work out where an example sits on the table above before deciding whether its asking price is fair.
A PCGS or NGC holder settles authenticity and grade in one go, which is most of what you're actually paying for at this level. The premium it adds is small next to the cost of being wrong about either.
Every Standing Liberty Quarter listed here is priced by an individual seller, so the same coin in the same grade can differ by a wide margin on any given day. Sort by price, check Metal Points and order history for a sense of the seller's record, and message them if the photos don't show enough to grade confidently.
About the 1916 Type 1 Standing Liberty Quarter
Value depends heavily on condition. A well-worn example brings closer to $4,079, while an uncirculated one can reach $18,711 or more.
The entire 52,000-coin mintage was struck in a two-week window, December 16-31, 1916, and released into circulation on January 17, 1917 -- THE key date of the series.
For anything you believe is a key date or an error, professional grading protects both buyer and seller by settling condition and authenticity before money changes hands.
The rest of the series, with what each is worth at the top of the grade scale.
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