PCGS Graded Bust Quarters
There were two different type of Bust quarters that were minted from 1796 - 1838. The Draped Bust and the Capped Bust. The Draped Bust quarter, the first U.S. quarter type ever struck by the United States Mint, got off to a stuttering, uneven start. In the early years of the mint, there simply was little clamor for a twenty-five cent coin. Most of the mint’s energies went into striking cents, half dollars and dollar coins! In 1807 the Draped Bust quarter ended its brief run. No quarters would be struck again by the U.S. Mint until 1815, at which time the new Capped Bust quarter was unveiled.
 PCGS 1836 CAPPED BUST QUARTER VF DETAILS ONLY 472000 MINTED VERY LIGHT CLEANING $96.00 |
 1806 PCGS G6 BUST Quarter SUPER EYE APPEAL CERTIFIED $557.75 |
 1832 Capped Bust quarter PCGS VF20 CAC $240.00 |
 1820 LG O CAPPED BUST QUARTER RARE COIN PCGS G 06 ONLY 127 THOUSAND MADE $89.89 |
 1831 25C Large Letters PCGS MS64 $8,445.00 |
 1831 CAPPED BUST 25c XF40 PCGS Large Letters $485.00 |
 1835 CAPPED BUST QUARTER 25c BEAUTY PCGS XF45 XF 45 TAKE A LOOK $522.22 |
 1819 BUST QUARTER PCGS FINE 12 SML 9 5 5 IN CENTS VERY NICE $350.00 |
 PCGS Genuine XF Details 1837 Capped Bust Quarter $34.88 |
 1805 PCGS F 12 Rare B 4 R4 Variety Draped Bust Quarter Nice Coin $1,195.00 |
 1834 Capped Bust quarter PCGS AU50 $850.00 |
 1815 CAPPED BUST QUARTER PCGS G 6 CAC $109.15 |
 1822 PCGS VF 30 Capped Bust Quarter Tough Date $1,875.00 |
 1818 Bust Quarter PCGS G 06 $229.99 |
 1828 Capped Bust Quarter RARE PCGS VF 20 $699.99 |
 1834 SILVER CAPPED BUST QUARTER 25C PCGS XF 45 NICE ORIGINAL PQ++ $589.00 |
 1821 CAPPED BUST QUARTER PCGS F 15 B 3 $365.00 |
 1806 Draped Bust quarter PCGS VF20 $1,975.00 |
 1838 P Capped Bust Quarter PCGS Unc $1,025.00 |
 1833 Bust Quarter PCGS AU 50 $1,199.99 |
 1815 Capped Bust Quarter PCGS MS 63 GEM $29,500.00 |
Only 89,235 Capped Bust quarters were struck in that first year of 1815. That’s not even half the production of the 1806 and 1807 quarter mintages! Much of the 1815 mintage went to the Planter’s Bank of New Orleans, one of the banks that had ordered quarters. A fire at the U.S. Mint in January of 1816 destroyed much of the minting equipment used to strike silver coins. Consequently, no quarters were struck in 1816 and 1817. But once new minting equipment was put in place, quarter production resumed in 1818. This time there was a pretty healthy mintage of 361,174 quarters. But starting with 1819’s mintage of 144,000 quarters, the quarter production would remain low for the next ten years, never rising above 217,000 pieces for any year during that period.
