1870 Seated Liberty Quarter

Notes: 1870 marks the first year that the Carson City mint issued Liberty Seated Quarter Dollars. The stats above represent the non CC minted coins. 1000 Proofs minted this year and the are worth around $800 in PF-63 certified condition.

Mintages

How much is a 1870 Seated Liberty Quarter worth?

In Average Circulated (AC) condition it's worth around $40.00, one in certified mint state (MS+) condition could bring as much as $2,016 at auction. This price does not reference any standard coin grading scale. So when we say Average Circulated, we mean in a similar condition to other coins circulated in 1870, and mint state meaning it is certified MS+ by one of the top coin grading companies. *** [?].

What are your coins really worth?

Use the handy-dandy calculator below to find the real value of any Liberty Seated Quarter in your collection.

Yes! Liberty Seated Quarter's produced in 1870 are 90% silver to be precise, and contain 0.1808 troy oz or 5.623 grams in total of .999 pure silver. Silver weight is measured in troy ounces. Troy ounces weigh about 2 grams more than the standard ounce. CoinTrackers has built a tool that will let you know if your coin is silver or not. The tool is called Is My Coin Silver?.