2002-P Louisiana Quarter
Circulation strike struck at the Philadelphia Mint · 362,000,000 made
- Mintage
- 362,000,000
- 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 2002-P Louisiana Quarter worth?
A worn 2002-P Louisiana 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 2002-P Louisiana Quarter rare?
- No. 362 million were made, a typical run for the series. Condition and varieties decide its value, not the date.
- Is the 2002-P Louisiana 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 Louisiana Quarter coins were made?
- 362,000,000.
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 (402 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 Louisiana 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 362 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 Louisiana
Philadelphia made 362,000,000 of the Louisiana quarter. Among the 5 designs of 2002 it was the second largest Philadelphia run, between Tennessee (362 million) and Indiana (363 million).
Denver struck a similar number of the same design (402 million), so neither mint's version is much harder to find.
Across the whole program it sits 35th of 50 Philadelphia designs by mintage, where the scarcest is Iowa at 214 million.
More on the 2002-P
Philadelphia struck 362,000,000 Louisiana quarters, only 600,000 fewer than Indiana and 400,000 more than Tennessee. Three of the five Philadelphia designs of 2002 finished within a million coins of each other. Denver struck about 40 million more Louisiana quarters, so this is the smaller version. Louisiana was the third design released in 2002.
The date 1812 on the coin marks statehood, nine years after the 1803 purchase shown on the map. Louisiana later turned to New Orleans again for its 2023 Innovation dollar, which honors the Higgins boat. On this quarter, the map's thin border lines and the small pelican are delicate, so circulated coins lose detail there first. Check the musical notes too; on a well struck Philadelphia coin each note stands apart cleanly. A worn 2002-P is a face value coin. A bright uncirculated example with few marks carries a small premium. That's where value tops out for most collectors. Coins pulled from change usually show flattening on the pelican first.
How to recognize it
The Louisiana design
A brown pelican, the state bird, shares this reverse with a trumpet trailing musical notes and a map of the United States highlighting the Louisiana Purchase territory. The words LOUISIANA PURCHASE label the map. The 1803 purchase from France doubled the size of the nation, while the trumpet honors New Orleans as a birthplace of jazz. Louisiana became the eighteenth state in 1812, the date shown on the coin. Its quarter was the third release of 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 | 362,000,000 |
| 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 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.