Oldtime Coins: , 20c Pieces/Quarters

20c Pieces (1875-78)

Designer: William Barber

Mints: Philadelphia, Carson City, San Francisco

Diameter: 22 mm, Weight: 5.00 grams

Composition: .900 silver, .100 copper

Net weight: .14467 oz. pure silver

Draped Bust 25c (1796-1807)

Small Eagle Reverse (1796)
Heraldic Eagle Reverse (1804-07)

Designer probably Gilbert Stuart; engraver Robert Scot

Diameter: approx. 27.5 mm, Weight: 6.74 grams

Composition: .8924 silver, .1076 copper

Capped Bust 25c (1815-38)

Var. 1 - Large Diameter (1815-28)
Var. 2 - Reduced Diameter (1831-38), Motto Removed

Designer: John Reich

Large Diameter: approx. 27 mm, Weight: 6.74 grams

Reduced Diameter: 24.3 mm, Weight: 6.74 grams

Composition: .8924 silver, .1076 copper until 1837, then .900 silver, .100 copper (6.68 grams)

Seated 25c (1838-91)

Var. 1 - No Motto above Eagle (1838-65)
Var. 2 - Arrows at Date, Rays around Eagle (1853)
Var. 3 - Arrows at Date, No Rays (1854-55)
Var. 4 - Motto above Eagle (1866-91)
Var. 5 - Arrows at Date (1873-74)

Designer: Christian Gobrecht

Mints: Philadelphia, New Orleans, Carson City, San Francisco

Diameter: 24.3 mm, Weight: 6.68 grams (1838); 6.22 grams (1853); 6.25 grams (1873)

Composition: .900 silver, .100 copper

Barber 25c (1892-1916)

Designer: Charles E. Barber

Mints: Philadelphia, Denver, New Orleans, San Francisco

Diameter: 24.3 mm, Weight: 6.25 grams

Composition: .900 silver, .100 copper

Net weight: .18084 oz. pure silver

Standing Liberty 25c (1916-30)

Var. 1 - No Stars below Eagle (1916-17)
Var. 2 - Stars below Eagle (1917-30)

Pedestal Date (1917-24)

Recessed Date (1925-30)

Designer: Hermon A. MacNeil

Mints: Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco

Diameter: 24.3 mm, Weight: 6.25 grams

Composition: .900 silver, .100 copper

Net weight: .18084 oz. pure silver

Washington 25c (1932-64)

Designer: John Flanagan

Mints: Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco

Diameter: 24.3 mm, Weight: 6.25 grams

Composition: .900 silver, .100 copper

Net weight: .18084 oz. pure silver