2001-D Rhode Island Quarter
Circulation strike struck at the Denver Mint · 447,100,000 made
- Mintage
- 447,100,000
- 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 2001-D Rhode Island 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 2001-D Rhode Island Quarter rare?
- No. 447 million were made, a typical run for the series. Condition and varieties decide its value, not the date.
- Is the 2001-D Rhode Island 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 2001 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 2001-D Rhode Island Quarter coins were made?
- 447,100,000.
What to check on your 2001-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 2001-P (423 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 2001-S Rhode Island Quarter Proof (3,094,140 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 447 million made, the 2001-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 2001-D Rhode Island
Denver made 447,100,000 of the Rhode Island quarter. Among the 5 designs of 2001 it was the middle Denver run, between North Carolina (428 million) and Vermont (459 million).
Philadelphia struck a similar number of the same design (423 million), so neither mint's version is much harder to find.
Across the whole program it sits 41st of 50 Denver designs by mintage, where the scarcest is Oklahoma at 195 million.
More on the 2001-D
Denver struck 447,100,000 Rhode Island quarters, about 24 million more than Philadelphia's 423,000,000. It was Denver's third largest run of 2001, behind New York and Vermont, so the D is the more plentiful of the two Rhode Island coins. Rhode Island's Denver total also came in about 76 million above Denver's Kentucky.
Rhode Island came back to sailing on its 2022 Innovation dollar, which honors the Reliance, a famous America's Cup yacht, so the state has now put a sailboat on two different coins. On this quarter, the rigging and the Pell Bridge cables are thin raised lines that make a good test of strike quality. On a well struck Denver coin they should run cleanly without breaks. The sail itself is the largest raised area and picks up marks first. Worn examples are face value. A lustrous uncirculated 2001-D with a crisp bridge is worth a small premium; that's about the ceiling for this date unless a grading service gives it a top grade.
How to recognize it
The Rhode Island design
A vintage sailboat glides across Narragansett Bay on this design, with the Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge in the background and the nickname THE OCEAN STATE below. Rhode Island has a long sailing tradition. Newport hosted the America's Cup yacht races for decades. Rhode Island was the last of the original thirteen colonies to ratify the Constitution, in 1790. Its coin was the third State quarter of 2001.
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 | 2001 |
| Mint | Denver Mint |
| Mint mark | "D" |
| Strike type | Circulation strike |
| Mintage | 447,100,000 |
| 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 2001 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.