2001-P Rhode Island Quarter
Circulation strike struck at the Philadelphia Mint · 423,000,000 made
- Mintage
- 423,000,000
- 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 2001-P Rhode Island Quarter worth?
In circulated condition it's worth face value. Only uncirculated coins with full original luster, or a recognized variety, carry a premium.
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-P Rhode Island Quarter rare?
- No. 423 million were made, a typical run for the series. Condition and varieties decide its value, not the date.
- Is the 2001-P 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 P, for Philadelphia.
- How many 2001-P Rhode Island Quarter coins were made?
- 423,000,000.
What to check on your 2001-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 2001-D (447 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 423 million made, the 2001-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 2001-P Rhode Island
Philadelphia made 423,000,000 of the Rhode Island quarter. Among the 5 designs of 2001 it was the second smallest Philadelphia run, between Kentucky (353 million) and Vermont (423 million).
Denver struck a similar number of the same design (447 million), so neither mint's version is much harder to find.
Across the whole program it sits 40th of 50 Philadelphia designs by mintage, where the scarcest is Iowa at 214 million.
More on the 2001-P
Philadelphia's 423,000,000 Rhode Island quarters fell just 400,000 short of its Vermont total, the two designs being almost exactly matched at that mint. Denver struck about 24 million more of this design. Only Kentucky, at 353,000,000, had a smaller Philadelphia run in 2001. Rhode Island was the third design of 2001, after New York and North Carolina.
Narragansett Bay, the water shown on the reverse, reaches deep into the state, which helps explain why the smallest state by area calls itself THE OCEAN STATE. The wide sweep of water in the lower half of the design is where contact marks gather on coins from rolls and bags. Hold a Philadelphia coin at an angle under a lamp to see whether the luster breaks there. The P beside Washington's ponytail should be clear and properly shaped. In circulated condition this is a face value coin. A clean uncirculated example is worth a small premium; only top certified grades go further. A coin with a sharp bridge and unbroken luster is the one to keep.
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 | Philadelphia Mint |
| Mint mark | "P" |
| Strike type | Circulation strike |
| Mintage | 423,000,000 |
| Face value | 25¢ |
| Composition | Copper core clad in 75% copper / 25% nickel |
| Weight | 5.67 grams |
| Diameter | 24.26 mm |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Designer | 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.