2002-P Indiana Quarter
Circulation strike struck at the Philadelphia Mint · 362,600,000 made
- Mintage
- 362,600,000
- 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-P 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-P Indiana Quarter rare?
- Not by date: 363 million were struck. A sharp uncirculated coin or a known variety is what makes one special.
- Is the 2002-P 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 P, for Philadelphia.
- How many 2002-P Indiana Quarter coins were made?
- 362,600,000.
What to check on your 2002-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 2002-D (327 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 363 million made, the 2002-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 2002-P Indiana
Philadelphia made 362,600,000 of the Indiana quarter. That was the biggest Philadelphia run of the 5 designs issued in 2002; Ohio had the smallest at 217 million.
Denver struck a similar number of the same design (327 million), so neither mint's version is much harder to find.
Across the whole program it sits 36th of 50 Philadelphia designs by mintage, where the scarcest is Iowa at 214 million.
More on the 2002-P
Philadelphia's 362,600,000 Indiana quarters edged Louisiana by 600,000 and Tennessee by 1,000,000 for the top Philadelphia spot of 2002. Denver made about 35 million fewer, so the P is the more common Indiana. Indiana was the fourth design of the year, released after Louisiana.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the race the car stands for, opened in 1909, so by the time this quarter appeared the track was more than ninety years old. Philadelphia coins of 2002 are often found in original rolls and bags, since many collectors were still saving every new design at that point in the program. That makes uncirculated examples easy to get. To pick a good one, look at the stars and the car for flat spots and at the field outside the state outline for marks. Expect face value for worn coins and a small premium for nice uncirculated ones. Only a top certified grade would earn more. For perspective, Philadelphia struck about 145 million more Indiana quarters than Ohio quarters that year.
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 | Philadelphia Mint |
| Mint mark | "P" |
| Strike type | Circulation strike |
| Mintage | 362,600,000 |
| 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.