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Rare State Quarters Revealed – 3 Coins Valued Close to $150 Million

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Introduction Under the State Quarter Program of the U.S. Mint (1999–2008) coin collecting gained new public appeal through designs focusing on state heritage themes. Some error coins from the U.S. State quarters series have become popular collectibles while a few very rare specimens have reached the astonishing value of $150 million. The following section presents a review of extraordinary minting mistakes with explanations for their distinctive appeal. 1. 1999 Delaware “Spitting Horse” Quarter The 1999 Delaware Quarter, the first of …

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Check Your Change! 5 State Quarters Worth Up to $6.7 Million Still Circulating!

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State quarters have been introduced in 1999 as a part of the 50 State Quarters Program, which turned out to be one of the highest valued coin collections in U.S. Records. While most of these quarters are optimally worth 25 cents, a few rare varieties have sold tens of millions of greenbacks because of errors of minting, certain compositions, or nearly best conditions. Some of these precious quarters are still in circulation today—i.e., you might have one in your pocket …

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6 Rare State Quarter Coins Worth $267 Million Still Found in Circulation

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The U.S. Mint State Quarters program, which started from 1999 to 2008, thrilled collectors and average citizens alike with special designs featuring each of the 50 states. Though millions of coins were minted, a select group has turned remarkably rare and, as a result, unusually expensive. To date, six individual state quarters have been discovered being circulated in the marketplace with a total estimated worth of $267 million to collectors. These coins, because of errors in minting, limited manufacturing runs, …

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