This listing is for one 1937 Washington Silver Quarter, as pictured. No mint mark, denoting the Philadelphia mint. BU (Choice Uncirculated) Grade / Condition.
Washington silver quarters ran from 1932 - 1964 and the design remained the same for decades after the switch from silver to clad.
As the United States prepared to celebrate the 1932 bicentennial of the birth of its first president, George Washington, members of the bicentennial committee established by Congress sought a Washington half dollar. They wanted to displace for that year only the regular issue Walking Liberty half dollar; instead Congress permanently replaced the Standing Liberty quarter, requiring that a depiction of Washington appear on the obverse of the new coin. The committee had engaged sculptor Laura Gardin Fraser to design a commemorative medal, and wanted her to adapt her design for the quarter. Although Fraser's work was supported by the Commission of Fine Arts and its chairman, Charles W. Moore, Treasury Secretary Andrew W. Mellon chose a design by Flanagan, and Mellon's successor, Ogden L. Mills, refused to disturb the decision.
1937 Washington Silver Quarter - AU (About Uncirculated) / AU50 - High Grade - 1937P Washington Quarter - Philadelphia Mint - 1937P Quarter
85th Birthday ; 85th Anniversary
Washington silver quarters ran from 1932 - 1964 and the design remained the same for decades after the switch from silver to clad.
As the United States prepared to celebrate the 1932 bicentennial of the birth of its first president, George Washington, members of the bicentennial committee established by Congress sought a Washington half dollar. They wanted to displace for that year only the regular issue Walking Liberty half dollar; instead Congress permanently replaced the Standing Liberty quarter, requiring that a depiction of Washington appear on the obverse of the new coin. The committee had engaged sculptor Laura Gardin Fraser to design a commemorative medal, and wanted her to adapt her design for the quarter. Although Fraser's work was supported by the Commission of Fine Arts and its chairman, Charles W. Moore, Treasury Secretary Andrew W. Mellon chose a design by Flanagan, and Mellon's successor, Ogden L. Mills, refused to disturb the decision.
1937 Washington Silver Quarter - AU (About Uncirculated) / AU50 - High Grade - 1937P Washington Quarter - Philadelphia Mint - 1937P Quarter
85th Birthday ; 85th Anniversary