2006-P Colorado Quarter
Circulation strike struck at the Philadelphia Mint · 274,800,000 made
- Mintage
- 274,800,000
- 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 2006-P Colorado 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 2006-P Colorado Quarter rare?
- No. 275 million were made, a typical run for the series. Condition and varieties decide its value, not the date.
- Is the 2006-P Colorado 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 2006 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 2006-P Colorado Quarter coins were made?
- 274,800,000.
What to check on your 2006-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 2006-D (294 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 2006-S Colorado Quarter Proof (2,882,428 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 275 million made, the 2006-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 2006-P Colorado
Philadelphia made 274,800,000 of the Colorado quarter. Among the 5 designs of 2006 it was the second smallest Philadelphia run, between South Dakota (245 million) and Nevada (277 million).
Denver struck a similar number of the same design (294 million), so neither mint's version is much harder to find.
Across the whole program it sits 24th of 50 Philadelphia designs by mintage, where the scarcest is Iowa at 214 million.
More on the 2006-P
Philadelphia struck 274,800,000 Colorado quarters, about 19 million fewer than Denver's 294,200,000. That's a fitting result: the Denver Mint, in the state's capital, made more of its home state's coin. Colorado was the third of the five 2006 designs, after Nevada and Nebraska. Colorado joined the Union in 1876 as the thirty-eighth state.
Colorado's P was also the second smallest Philadelphia issue of 2006, ahead only of South Dakota at 245,000,000. By then mintages had fallen well below the levels of 2000, when several Philadelphia designs topped 600 million. On the coin, the tips of the evergreens and the snowfields on Longs Peak are the high points, so they're where wear and weak strikes show first. The banner across the design is another spot to check for nicks. A worn 2006-P is face value. A lustrous uncirculated coin with crisp trees carries a small premium, with only top certified grades earning a collector premium. Earlier Philadelphia runs dwarfed it: the 2000 Massachusetts quarter alone came to 628,600,000.
Elsewhere in US coinage in 2006
The Jefferson nickel received a new forward-facing portrait of Jefferson and the original Monticello reverse returned.
How to recognize it
The Colorado design
Longs Peak rises above evergreen trees on this reverse, with a banner carrying the slogan COLORFUL COLORADO. The mountain is the highest summit in Rocky Mountain National Park, rising more than 14,000 feet. Colorado's mountain landscapes draw hikers, climbers and skiers. The state was admitted in 1876, a century after the Declaration of Independence, which gave it the nickname Centennial State. Its quarter was the third State quarter of 2006.
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 | 2006 |
| Mint | Philadelphia Mint |
| Mint mark | "P" |
| Strike type | Circulation strike |
| Mintage | 274,800,000 |
| 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 2006 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.