1982 Quarter Coin Value, Features, Error, Types, Mint Mark

History of the 1982 Quarter

The Washington quarters are an important part of USA coins history and the first coins were made in 1932. These coins called Washington quarters since they have a photo of the president on the front side. At the starting time, silver was used for the creation of quarters but with time silver prices increased and made the production of coins costly.

Some people started the hoarding of coins. The high prices of silver and hoarding of coins make it possible for mint to make costly coins for circulation. So in 1965 they took action and stopped the silver content addition in quarters as well as in dimes. The copper core is used for new quarters and these coins come with a silver color due to copper being clad in an alloy of copper and nickel. The cupronickel alloy is hard as compared to silver that difficult to print all details on coins at the time of strike.

Firstly made quarters did not come with a mint mark that was added in 1968. The Denver and San Francisco mints added marks on the back side of coins with D and S mints.

The 1982 quarter is the first quarter and has has P mint mark on the reverse side. D and P mint made larger numbers of quarters in this year. The S mint made proof coins in less numbers for collectors.

1982 Quarter Details

• Types: Washington quarter-dollar coin
• Mints: Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco
• Total Mintage: Over984,831,267
• Composition: Copper (91.67%), Nickel (8.33%)
• Weight: 67 grams
• Face Value: $0.25
• Obverse designer: John Flanagan
• Reverse designer: John Flanagan
• Edge: Reeded
• Diameter: 3 mm
• Thickness: 75 mm

1982 Quarter Value Chart

Features of the 1982 Quarter

Obverse of the 1982 Quarter

The coin’s front side comes with the photo of the first president Washington on the front side facing left.

The WORD LIBERTY also added and motto IN GOD WE TRUST written on this side. It also has a mintage year 1982 and a mint mark on this side.

Reverse of the 1982 Quarter

The design of the quarter reverse side changed since 1999. The 1982 quarters coins have the same design as those made in 1932. Where eagle is shown with two olive sprigs below. The design both front and back made by John Flanagan. The country named UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is also written an eagle spreading its wings.

The motto E PLURIBUS UNUM is also written that means “From the many, one. The denomination QUARTER DOLLAR at the lower part of the coin.

Some other features of the 1982 quarters are

• The face value of the 1982 quarter is 25 cents.
• it is made with nickel and copper alloy having clad core.
• Its diameter is 0.9567 inches  and its weight is  0.2 ounces
• Its edge is reeded and its shape is round.

1982 P Washington quarter Value

In 1982 Philadelphia mint made 500,931,000 quarters which is the largest mint of quarters in those years. These coins have a P mint mark on the front side.

Their larger number makes them now easy to available and so they are low value for some grades. The circulation coin is about 0.25 cents and the mint state is about 35 dollars.

The MS68 grade 1982 P Washington quarter sold for 10200 dollars in a 2019 auction.

The MS65 or higher grade coins gem is about 10500 coins that exist. MS65 grade value is about 42 dollars and MS66+ grade is about 160 dollars.

There are two fine grade MS68 grade coins exists that per coin value is 9000 dollars

1982 D Quarter Value

The Denver mint made about 480 million 1982 D quarters. Their number also makes these coins easily available and in circulation conditions value is about face value.

Mint state coins are high-value uncirculated coins that are dollars for MS60 grade and gem MS65 grade is about 20 dollars.

MS66+ is high value MS66 is 45 dollars and MS66+ is 100 dollars and MS67 grade is 195 dollars. MS68 grade sold in action for 4320 dollars.

1982 S Proof Quarter Value

The San Francisco made 3.8 million coins in 1982. These come with an S mint mark on the front side and have a mirror-like look. The S mint is made just to prove quarters coins and has a high level of luster. These coins were made for collectors and not used in circulation.

The 1982 S-proof coins have a value range of four to ten dollars. In the 2005 auction 1982 quarter sold for 126 dollars.

1982 Washington quarter deep cameo contrast coin sold for $235 at an auction.

1982 S DCAM quarter value for different grade as

• PR 67= $5
• PR 68= $7
• PR 69= $10
• PR 70= $20

1982 Quarter Errors List

1982 S Quarter, Double Die Error

The double die error occurs due to die striking for the coin. If moves then the design shifts from the hub and makes a double part of the design.  The doubling can seen on a coin that strikes with that die.

A double die error can seen on the 1982 S quarter on the front side called the 1982 quarter double die obverse error. The 1982 S quarter with double die obverse MS60 grade is about 18 dollars.

PR63 is about 30 dollars PR68 grade is 150 dollars.

The PR69 double die obverse 1982 S proof quarters have a value of about 800 dollars.

The doubling effect exits on the back side of coins is called the 1982 quarter double die reverse error. The 1982 D quarter mostly has a double-die reverse error. The doubling effect can seen in the word QUARTER in the letter Q.

The AU 50 grade double die reverse coins is about ten dollars MS60 grade is 25 dollars

1982 quarter Off-center Error

This error results when the planchet does not strike the coin at a proper central point and causes the design to move to cover the complete coin surface. Off-center coins design is like crescent-shaped coins and come coins have different shapes. Their value is based on the percent of off-centers and a coin that is 50 percent off-center is high value with a mint date seen value is about twenty dollars. 90% off-center can have $30-200 at auction.

Broad strike error

This error occurs when mint coins have a wider area as compared to normal design and due to the absence of collars metal to highly expanded. These coins are about  $15 to $50.

1982 Quarter clad errors

The 1982 quarters are made with copper and nickel so in some conditions coins do not come with a complete composition and have a different look. So coins with a partial clad layer are about 38 dollars and can be high value in good conditions.

Most Valuable 1982 Washington quarters

•  1982 S PR 67 DCAM quarter = sold for  $235 in 2004
• 1982 P MS 68 quarter =sold in 2019 for $10,200
•  1982 D MS 68 quarter = sold in 2020 for $4,320

FAQs

Are 1982 Washington quarter rare?

The 1982 quarter is of high value in mint state. This coin can be of more than 10000 dollars at auction. The average condition P mint coins is a higher value than others. These coins are rare and high value since have a P mint mark since other quarters do not have

What is the 1982 quarter average value?

Since they made hundreds of millions still many coins exits in circulation. The average coin is about more than 30 cents Good conditions coins are about a hundred to thousands of dollars

Does a 1982 quarter contain any silver?

There is no silver in the 1982 quarters since due to high prices of silver and hoarding 1965 Coinage Act removes silver from coins.

What is the value of the 1982 D quarter?

Coins in circulated condition are low value about their face value. the mint state is high value the 1982 D quarters in fine grade like MS68 can be about 4500 dollars or higher.