1964 Quarter Value: Is It Silver and What Is It Worth?

Every quarter dated 1964 is 90% silver, with or without a D mint mark. Each one holds 0.18084 troy ounces of pure silver, worth … at today’s spot price. A $10 bank roll of 40 holds 7.23 ounces, worth ….

That melt figure is the value of nearly every 1964 quarter in a jar or a coin folder. The Mint struck more than 1.26 billion of them. The ones worth real money are uncirculated coins in MS67 and higher and a scarce 1964-D struck with the reverse made for 1965. For other silver quarter dates, the silver quarter melt value calculator does the math.

Is a 1964 quarter silver?

Yes. 1964 is the last date the Mint used for circulating quarters made of 90% silver and 10% copper. A silver quarter weighs 6.25 grams, according to NGC. From the 1965 date on, quarters have copper-nickel outer layers over a core of pure copper, and NGC lists the 1965 quarter at 5.67 grams.

The 1964 date stayed on the dies long after 1964 ended. NGC says Congress authorized a date freeze to deal with the national coin shortage, so 1964-dated quarters were struck through 1965 and into 1966. The first clad quarters were released in November 1965. A silver quarter struck in 1965 looks exactly like one struck in 1964.

How to tell a silver quarter from a clad one

1. Read the date. Circulation quarters dated 1964 and earlier are silver. Those dated 1965 and later are not.
2. Look at the edge. A silver quarter’s edge is silver-gray all the way across. A clad quarter shows a copper stripe in the middle, which is its pure copper core.
3. Weigh it. You need a pocket scale that reads to 0.01 gram. Silver is 6.25 g and clad is 5.67 g. Wear takes off a little metal, so a worn silver coin may read slightly under 6.25 g.

You may also see the “ring test” online, where you drop the coin and listen to the pitch. The edge and a scale settle the question without guessing.

To check any U.S. coin by date, use Is My Coin Silver?. It shows the silver content and today’s melt value.

What is a 1964 quarter worth?

These are price-guide values, checked October 10, 2026. NGC says its guide shows dealer retail prices for NGC-certified coins, based on documented sales. PCGS describes its guide as average dealer asking prices for PCGS-graded coins. Neither is what a shop will pay you for a raw coin.

Through MS65, a 1964 quarter is a silver coin with a small premium. NGC’s circulated value of $11.50 sits 49 cents above the $11.01 melt value NGC showed the same day.

Prices jump at MS67 because few coins make that grade. PCGS has graded 1,617 1964 quarters in MS65 but only 60 in MS67 and 16 in MS67+. For the 1964-D, the counts are 1,542, 112 and 26. PCGS’s David Hall writes that both dates were made in huge numbers but are not that common as gems.

The two guides disagree badly at MS67, and real sales come in well below the higher figure. Since 2020, most MS67 coins of either date in PCGS’s auction records sold for about $170 to $700. The latest PCGS-graded MS67s brought $264 for a 1964 in June 2025 and $408 for a 1964-D in March 2026. The auction records are a PCGS MS68 1964 that sold for $9,760 at Heritage in May 2026 and a PCGS MS68 1964-D that brought $38,400 at Stack’s Bowers in March 2021. PCGS has graded one 1964 and three 1964-D quarters in MS68.

1964 vs. 1964-D quarter: does the mint mark matter?

The mint mark is on the back, below the wreath under the eagle. No letter means Philadelphia. NGC adds that the San Francisco Assay Office also struck 1964 quarters without a mint mark: over 15 million in 1965 and 4.6 million in the first months of 1966. Nothing on those coins sets them apart from Philadelphia’s. Denver struck only 123,801,308 of its quarters in calendar 1964 and the rest in 1965, NGC says.

Below the top grades, the mint mark makes little difference. NGC lists the two dates at the same prices through MS65, and PCGS has them within $2 of each other. PCGS estimates that 56 million 1964 and 70 million 1964-D quarters survive.

Varieties worth a second look

Before you sell anything as silver, check the back of each coin with a 5x or 10x loupe.

1964-D Type C reverse (FS-901)

The Mint made a new reverse hub for the 1965 clad quarters. NGC says one or more of those dies were punched with a D by mistake and shipped to Denver, so a small number of silver 1964-D quarters carry the clad-era reverse. David Lange, writing for NGC, says the new hub “exhibits very sharp tailfeathers”, which the older reverses lack. NGC also describes its relief as lower and sharper.

PCGS lists it at $36 in XF40, $100 in AU58, $275 in MS63, $575 in MS65 and $1,500 in MS66 (October 2026). A PCGS MS66+ sold for $8,400 at Stack’s Bowers in June 2023. PCGS has graded fewer than 300 in all grades.

1964 Type B reverse (FS-901)

Some Philadelphia 1964 quarters were struck with a reverse normally used for proofs. According to NGC, the dies were retired or unneeded proof dies, and there were plenty of them because proof mintages that year reached nearly four million. Lange’s test is the letters ES in STATES: on the Type B reverse, a gap separates them. He says these circulation strikes are scarce and carry a premium with specialists.

PCGS has graded about 400, and its guide shows the premium sits in the top grades. A circulated Type B lists at $20, about the same as a regular 1964. In MS65 it lists at $110 against $32 for a regular coin, and in MS66 at $450 against $45.

Doubled dies and repunched mint marks

For the 1964, PCGS lists one doubled-die obverse and four doubled-die reverses. For the 1964-D, it lists a doubled-die obverse, a doubled-die reverse and three repunched mint marks. Each one takes magnification and a variety reference to confirm.

To confirm a variety, ask a dealer who knows varieties or pay for attribution when you get the coin graded. Grading costs a lot compared with what most of these coins are worth. At NGC, a pre-1965 coin worth up to $300 goes in the Economy tier at $25. One worth up to $3,000, such as a Type C in MS65, goes in the Standard tier at $45. Add a $10 handling fee per submission plus shipping, and you need an NGC Collector membership to submit directly. Run your numbers in the coin grading cost calculator.

Should you sell a 1964 quarter for melt or to a collector?

• It shows wear: sell it as silver. Melt is the price.
• It’s uncirculated but ordinary: graded MS60 to MS65 coins list at $16 to $32, and grading would cost more than the premium over melt. Sell it with the rest of your silver, or keep it.
• It has full, unbroken luster and almost no marks: only coins like this can reach MS67. Show it to a dealer who handles graded coins before you sell it by face value.
• It has a Type C or Type B reverse, or clear doubling: set it aside and get it attributed.

Where to sell 1964 quarters

Coin shops price 90% silver by face value, so a roll of 40 quarters is “$10 face.” Ask what the shop pays per dollar of face today, then put the offer into the coin offer checker to see how it compares with melt.

Expect an offer below melt. CoinWeek reported in March 2026 that many refiners had stopped or sharply limited buying 90% coins and were quoting payment delays of up to eight weeks, so shops were paying well under spot for junk silver. Our guide to how much coin dealers pay lists posted bids from October 2026.

Get two or three quotes. Shop pages in our coin dealer directory count how many recent Google reviews call a shop’s offers fair and how many call them lowball. Our coin appraisal page lists shops that say on their own websites that appraisals are free. A gem or a confirmed variety belongs with a dealer who sells graded coins or at a major auction, not with a silver buyer. If the quarters are part of a larger lot, read how to sell a coin collection first, and check any 1964 half dollars against our 1964 Kennedy half value guide.