2011-P Glacier Quarter
Circulation strike struck at the Philadelphia Mint · 30,400,000 made
- Mintage
- 30,400,000
- 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-P Glacier Quarter worth?
A worn 2011-P Glacier 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-P Glacier Quarter rare?
- Not in absolute terms: 30 million were made. It is one of the smaller runs in the series, though, so uncirculated examples are worth a little more than most dates.
- Is the 2011-P Glacier 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 P, for Philadelphia.
- How many 2011-P Glacier Quarter coins were made?
- 30,400,000.
What to check on your 2011-P
- Make sure the mint mark really is a P. A worn or filled mark can be misread. It's what separates your coin from the 2011-D (31 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 Glacier Quarter Proof (1,268,452 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 30 million made, the 2011-P 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-P Glacier
Philadelphia made 30,400,000 of the Glacier coin. Among the 5 designs of 2011 it was the second smallest Philadelphia run, between Gettysburg (30 million) and Olympic (30 million).
Denver struck a similar number of the same design (31 million), so neither mint's version is much harder to find.
Across the whole program it's one of the Philadelphia designs made in the smallest numbers, 5th from the bottom of 56.
How to recognize it
The Glacier design
The second 2011 release represents Montana with Glacier National Park. A mountain goat clambers over rocky slopes in the foreground while the northeast slope of Mount Reynolds towers in the distance. Glacier became a national park in 1910, protecting rugged peaks, glacial valleys and alpine lakes along the Continental Divide. In 1932 it joined Canada's Waterton Lakes National Park to form the first international peace park. Barbara Fox designed the reverse, which Charles Vickers 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 | 2011 |
| Mint | Philadelphia Mint |
| Mint mark | "P" |
| Strike type | Circulation strike |
| Mintage | 30,400,000 |
| 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.