1950 Washington Quarter

What's a 1950 Washington quarter worth?

The 1950 is a 90% silver Washington quarter, containing about 0.18 troy oz of silver. As a common date it trades essentially at its silver melt — roughly $10–$11 at a recent spot price near $59/oz — with a small premium for an original, problem-free coin. (The scarce 1950-D/S and S/D over-mintmark varieties are the exceptions worth real money.)

Any Washington quarter dated 1964 or earlier is 90% silver; from 1965 on they switched to copper-nickel clad. That silver content is what makes pre-1965 quarters a staple of junk-silver stacking.

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Silver content and melt: Coinflation; melt tracks the live silver price.