2014-D Arches Quarter
Circulation strike struck at the Denver Mint · 251,400,000 made
- Mintage
- 251,400,000
- 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 2014-D Arches 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 2014-D Arches Quarter rare?
- No. With 251 million made, it's one of the most common America the Beautiful Quarters.
- Is the 2014-D Arches 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 2014 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 2014-D Arches Quarter coins were made?
- 251,400,000.
What to check on your 2014-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 2014-P (214 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 2014-S Arches Quarter Proof (828,186 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 251 million made, the 2014-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 2014-D Arches
Denver made 251,400,000 of the Arches coin. That was the biggest Denver run of the 5 designs issued in 2014; Great Smoky Mountains had the smallest at 99 million.
Philadelphia struck a similar number of the same design (214 million), so neither mint's version is much harder to find.
Across the whole program it sits 47th of 56 Denver designs by mintage, where the scarcest is Acadia at 22 million.
How to recognize it
The Arches design
Utah's Arches National Park, third in the 2014 lineup, is represented by Delicate Arch standing alone with the La Sal Mountains in the distance. The park contains more than 2,000 natural sandstone arches shaped by erosion over millions of years. Delicate Arch, a freestanding span on a slickrock bowl, is the most recognized of them. Arches was proclaimed a national monument in 1929 and became a national park in 1971. Donna Weaver 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 | 2014 |
| Mint | Denver Mint |
| Mint mark | "D" |
| Strike type | Circulation strike |
| Mintage | 251,400,000 |
| 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 2014 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.