PCGS Graded Bust Quarter Quarters For Sale

Graded Bust Quarters

There were two different type of Bust quarters that were minted from 1796 - 1838. The Draped Bust and the Capped Bust.

The Draped Bust quarter, the first U.S. quarter type ever struck by the United States Mint, got off to a stuttering, uneven start. In the early years of the mint, there simply was little clamor for a twenty-five cent coin. Most of the mint’s energies went into striking cents, half dollars and dollar coins!

In 1807 the Draped Bust quarter ended its brief run. No quarters would be struck again by the U.S. Mint until 1815, at which time the new Capped Bust quarter was unveiled.

Only 89,235 Capped Bust quarters were struck in that first year of 1815. That’s not even half the production of the 1806 and 1807 quarter mintages! Much of the 1815 mintage went to the Planter’s Bank of New Orleans, one of the banks that had ordered quarters.

A fire at the U.S. Mint in January of 1816 destroyed much of the minting equipment used to strike silver coins. Consequently, no quarters were struck in 1816 and 1817. But once new minting equipment was put in place, quarter production resumed in 1818. This time there was a pretty healthy mintage of 361,174 quarters. But starting with 1819’s mintage of 144,000 quarters, the quarter production would remain low for the next ten years, never rising above 217,000 pieces for any year during that period.

Listed below is a selection of PCGS Graded Bust Quarters for sale.