2016-D Harpers Ferry Quarter
Circulation strike struck at the Denver Mint · 424,000,000 made
- Mintage
- 424,000,000
- 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 2016-D Harpers Ferry Quarter worth?
Worn examples are worth face value and can be spent. Keep it only if it looks uncirculated or shows a known variety.
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 2016-D Harpers Ferry Quarter rare?
- No. With 424 million made, it's one of the most common America the Beautiful Quarters.
- Is the 2016-D Harpers Ferry 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 2016 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 2016-D Harpers Ferry Quarter coins were made?
- 424,000,000.
What to check on your 2016-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 2016-P (435 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 2016-S Harpers Ferry Quarter Proof (654,516 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 424 million made, the 2016-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 2016-D Harpers Ferry
Denver made 424,000,000 of the Harpers Ferry coin. That was the biggest Denver run of the 5 designs issued in 2016; Fort Moultrie had the smallest at 142 million.
Philadelphia struck a similar number of the same design (435 million), so neither mint's version is much harder to find.
Across the whole program it's one of the most plentiful Denver designs.
How to recognize it
The Harpers Ferry design
West Virginia's Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is the third design of 2016, showing John Brown's Fort, the brick fire engine and guard house of the federal armory. Abolitionist John Brown made his last stand in this building during his October 1859 raid on the armory. The raid deepened the divide between North and South on the eve of the Civil War. The town sits where the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers meet. Thomas Hipschen designed the reverse, which Phebe Hemphill sculpted.
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 | 2016 |
| Mint | Denver Mint |
| Mint mark | "D" |
| Strike type | Circulation strike |
| Mintage | 424,000,000 |
| 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 2016 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.