This listing is for one 1947-S Washington Quarter, as pictured. S mint mark denoting the San Francisco mint. Excellent condition and detail. Choose by grade.
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 new silver quarters entered circulation on August 1, 1932, and continued to be struck in silver until the Mint transitioned to copper-nickel clad coinage in 1965. A special reverse commemorating the United States Bicentennial was used in 1975 and 1976, with all pieces bearing the double date 1776–1976; there are no 1975-dated quarters.
Some of these quarters were found metal detecting and the quarter in the best condition was found earlier this year at UNH (University of New Hampshire) and is a 1944 date. It was found over 14 inches deep along a creek in the middle of campus.
1/4 ounce of silver!