2011-D Olympic Quarter
Circulation strike struck at the Denver Mint · 30,600,000 made
- Mintage
- 30,600,000
- Metal
- Copper core clad in 75% copper / 25% nickel
- Weight
- 5.67 g
- Diameter
- 24.26 mm
Original illustration. Tap to flip. Not a photograph of the actual coin.
Face value · Metal value · Small premium · Collector premium · Significant rarity. We use bands because prices change daily.
What is a 2011-D Olympic Quarter worth?
A worn 2011-D Olympic is a spender: face value. A bright uncirculated one, or one with a known error, is worth setting aside.
What would make yours worth more:
- Uncirculated condition with full original luster
- A die variety or minting error
For market prices, check recent sold results for certified coins in the same grade.
Quick answers
- Is the 2011-D Olympic Quarter rare?
- Not by date: 31 million were struck. A sharp uncirculated coin or a known variety is what makes one special.
- Is the 2011-D Olympic Quarter silver?
- No. It's copper core clad in 75% copper / 25% nickel. Quarters dated 1964 and earlier are 90% silver.
- Where is the mint mark on a 2011 America the Beautiful Quarter?
- On the obverse, to the right of Washington's ribbon. "W" quarters were struck in 2019 and 2020 and released into circulation in small numbers. On this coin the mark is D, for Denver.
- How many 2011-D Olympic Quarter coins were made?
- 30,600,000.
What to check on your 2011-D
- Make sure the mint mark really is a D. A worn or filled mark can be misread. It's what separates your coin from the 2011-P (30 million made).
- Proof or circulation strike? A proof has mirror-like fields and frosted design details and was sold to collectors, not released in change. The 2011-S Olympic Quarter Proof (1,267,361 made) is the one to compare with.
- A face that's fully copper colored could be a missing clad layer error. Patchy discoloration is usually damage.
- Judge the grade under good light. Look for luster and freedom from bag marks. "W" quarters in circulation are worth a premium even in average condition.
With 31 million made, the 2011-D still turns up in everyday change. Keep yours only if it looks uncirculated or shows a variety; otherwise it's worth face value.
The story of the 2011-D Olympic
Denver made 30,600,000 of the Olympic coin. That was the smallest Denver run of the 5 designs issued in 2011, so it's the one from that year you're least likely to find in change.
Philadelphia struck a similar number of the same design (30 million), so neither mint's version is much harder to find.
Across the whole program it's one of the Denver designs made in the smallest numbers, 4th from the bottom of 56.
How to recognize it
The Olympic design
Washington's quarter, third in 2011, shows a Roosevelt elk standing on a gravel bar of the Hoh River with Mount Olympus in the background. Olympic National Park protects glaciated mountains, wild Pacific coastline and temperate rain forest, including the Hoh Rain Forest. Concern for these elk helped prompt the creation of Mount Olympus National Monument in 1909. The monument became a national park in 1938. Susan Gamble designed the reverse and Michael Gaudioso sculpted it.
The America the Beautiful Quarter design
Each reverse shows a national park or other national site, one for every state, the District of Columbia and five territories, with the site's name, its state and E PLURIBUS UNUM. Five designs were issued each year from 2010 to 2020, followed by a final design for the Tuskegee Airmen in 2021. The obverse uses a restored, more detailed version of Flanagan's original Washington portrait.
Mintage chart
Specifications
| Series | America the Beautiful Quarter (2010–2021) |
|---|---|
| Year | 2011 |
| Mint | Denver Mint |
| Mint mark | "D" |
| Strike type | Circulation strike |
| Mintage | 30,600,000 |
| Face value | 25¢ |
| Composition | Copper core clad in 75% copper / 25% nickel |
| Weight | 5.67 grams |
| Diameter | 24.26 mm |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Designer | Various (obverse restored from John Flanagan's original) |
Other 2011 America the Beautiful Quarter issues
Mintage: America the Beautiful quarter mintage figures (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0), compiled from US Mint records and the Guide Book of United States Coins. How we build these pages.