2020 America the Beautiful Washington Quarter

About This Coin

The 2020 America the Beautiful Washington Quarter is a United States quarter from the America the Beautiful Quarters 2010-2021 series — a late issue, 11th of 12 years in the series. In 2020, coins were struck at the Philadelphia, San Francisco, West Point, and Denver Mints with a combined mintage of 52.5 million. This represents the second-lowest annual mintage in the series, below the series median of 1.5 billion. The obverse features George Washington facing left, based on a 1786 bust by Jean-Antoine Houdon and the reverse displays unique designs featuring national parks and sites from each state and territory. National Park of American Samoa (AS), Weir Farm (CT), Salt River Bay (VI), Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller (VT), and Tallgrass Prairie (KS) were featured. The final full year of the program, with pandemic-related production adjustments. Struck in 75% copper, 25% nickel over a pure copper center, 24.3 mm in diameter. Collectors have cataloged 30 known die varieties for this date across 6 categories, including atypical die clash, doubled die obverse, doubled die reverse and 3 other types. Struck one year after the 2019 key date, the lowest-mintage regular issue in the series. Across its variants, estimated values range from $0 to $30 depending on mint mark, grade, and strike type. A notable auction result reached $40K in MS68 grade at eBay. Designed by John Flanagan (obverse) / various reverse designers.