2002-D Indiana Quarter
Circulation strike struck at the Denver Mint · 327,200,000 made
- Mintage
- 327,200,000
- 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 2002-D Indiana 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 2002-D Indiana Quarter rare?
- Not by date: 327 million were struck. A sharp uncirculated coin or a known variety is what makes one special.
- Is the 2002-D Indiana 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 2002 50 State Quarter?
- On the obverse, to the right of Washington's ponytail (P, D or S). On this coin the mark is D, for Denver.
- How many 2002-D Indiana Quarter coins were made?
- 327,200,000.
What to check on your 2002-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 2002-P (363 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 2002-S Indiana Quarter Proof (3,084,245 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. State quarters are judged mainly on luster and contact marks. Look for die varieties and errors, which carry the real premiums in this series.
With 327 million made, the 2002-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 2002-D Indiana
Denver made 327,200,000 of the Indiana quarter. Among the 5 designs of 2002 it was the middle Denver run, between Mississippi (290 million) and Louisiana (402 million).
Philadelphia struck a similar number of the same design (363 million), so neither mint's version is much harder to find.
Across the whole program it sits 31st of 50 Denver designs by mintage, where the scarcest is Oklahoma at 195 million.
More on the 2002-D
Denver struck 327,200,000 Indiana quarters, about 35 million fewer than Philadelphia's 362,600,000. That put it third of the five Denver designs of 2002, behind Ohio and Louisiana but ahead of Mississippi and Tennessee. Denver's Indiana total was also about 88 million below its Ohio figure of 414,832,000.
Indiana stuck with transportation when its turn came in the Innovation dollar program: the 2023 coin honors the state's automobile industry, a natural follow-up to the race car on this quarter. On the coin, the car is small and sits over the state outline, with nineteen stars around it, so detail is limited. Check the wheels and the driver's helmet for a crisp strike and the outline for marks. Denver coins from bags and rolls often show scuffs on the open fields outside the map. The slogan CROSSROADS OF AMERICA should read cleanly on a well struck coin. A worn 2002-D is face value; a clean uncirculated one is worth a small premium.
How to recognize it
The Indiana design
An open-wheel race car is superimposed on an outline of the state, surrounded by nineteen stars with the slogan CROSSROADS OF AMERICA. The car refers to the Indianapolis 500, first run at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1911. The slogan reflects the many highways and rail lines that meet in the state. The nineteen stars mark Indiana as the nineteenth state, admitted in 1816. This was the fourth State quarter issued in 2002.
The 50 State Quarter design
To make room for each state design, the obverse was rearranged: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST and QUARTER DOLLAR all moved to the side with Washington's portrait. The reverse shows the state's design with its name, the year it joined the Union or ratified the Constitution, the year of issue and E PLURIBUS UNUM. The mint mark is to the right of Washington's ponytail.
Mintage chart
Specifications
| Series | 50 State Quarter (1999–2008) |
|---|---|
| Year | 2002 |
| Mint | Denver Mint |
| Mint mark | "D" |
| Strike type | Circulation strike |
| Mintage | 327,200,000 |
| Face value | 25¢ |
| Composition | Copper core clad in 75% copper / 25% nickel |
| Weight | 5.67 grams |
| Diameter | 24.26 mm |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Designer | Obverse by John Flanagan, modified by William Cousins; reverses by various artists |
Other 2002 50 State Quarter issues
Mintage: 50 State quarters (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0), compiled from US Mint records and the Guide Book of United States Coins. How we build these pages.