Eleanor Roosevelt Quarter: Value, Mintage and Errors
The 2023 Eleanor Roosevelt quarter is worth 25 cents in circulated condition. 555,800,000 were struck, 284,000,000 at Philadelphia and 271,800,000 at Denver. Released on 5 June 2023, it was the third coin of 2023 and the eighth in the program. The reverse names the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the document her UN commission produced in 1948.
What this coin looks like
The reverse depicts Eleanor Roosevelt and the scales of justice against a backdrop representing the globe, which the Mint describes as symbolic of her impactful work with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The title of that document is one of the inscriptions, and the Mint lists the country name as "UNITED STATES of AMERICA", with a lowercase "of".
The design is by Artistic Infusion Program designer Don Everhart, and it was sculpted by U.S. Mint Medallic Artist Craig A. Campbell. In the Mint's release, Campbell said, "in this design, we see Mrs. Roosevelt with a globe and scales representing the worldwide equality she worked so hard for through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights." The Mint began shipping the quarter on 5 June 2023.
The reverse inscriptions read:
- UNITED STATES of AMERICA
- QUARTER DOLLAR
- E PLURIBUS UNUM
- ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
- UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
The obverse is the same on all 20 coins in the series: George Washington facing right, with LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST, the date and the mint mark. The mint mark is to the right of Washington's neck, below the date. P is Philadelphia, D is Denver, S is San Francisco and appears only on proof and collector issues.
Is my Eleanor Roosevelt quarter an error?
No error or variety unique to this coin is documented in the grading-service and variety sources this site checks. That is the normal situation: only five of the 20 designs (Sally Ride, Wilma Mankiller, Edith Kanakaʻole, Bessie Coleman and Mary Edwards Walker) have a documented error or variety.
What people most often bring to this coin are the three claims that attach to every coin in the series: a faint G in IN GOD WE TRUST (not an error, it is the typeface), flat shiny doubling on the lettering (machine doubling, not a doubled die), and small raised lumps from die chips. The errors page has nine tests that separate a genuine mint error from damage, and the short list of errors that are actually documented in this program.
What is it worth?
| Found in change | 25 cents |
|---|---|
| Uncirculated, from a Mint roll or bag | $1 to $2 |
| Certified mint state | A few dollars, rising to roughly $86 at the top of the population for the series |
| Clad proof (S mint) | Typically less than the cost of grading it |
| Silver proof (S mint, .999 fine) | A floor set by the silver price, plus a small premium |
Values as of October 2026. The full reasoning, including the four cases where a coin in this series is genuinely worth more, is on the value page.
How many were made
| Philadelphia (P) | 284,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Denver (D) | 271,800,000 |
| Total | 555,800,000 |
| Rank in the series | 17 of 20 by mintage, lowest first |
| San Francisco (S) | Not published by the Mint |
San Francisco (S) figures are not shown because the Mint has never published per-design mintages for S-mint American Women Quarters. Any S figure published elsewhere is a secondary-source estimate, and the two most commonly cited sets contradict each other.
See the full mintage table for all 20 designs, or the key date page for where this coin sits in the series.
Collector versions
Besides the Philadelphia and Denver coins in circulation, the Mint sold three San Francisco versions of the 2023 Eleanor Roosevelt quarter directly to collectors. None were released into circulation.
| 2023-S uncirculated | Only in the 2023 three-roll set (40 P, 40 D, 40 S), $60.00 at issue |
|---|---|
| 2023-S clad proof | In the 2023 American Women Quarters Proof Set, $23.00 at issue, 60,934 sets sold |
| 2023-S silver proof | In the 2023 American Women Quarters Silver Proof Set, $80.00 at issue, 47,278 sets sold |
Set sales are as reported by CoinNews on 21 October 2026. Details on the proof and silver proof sets and the Mint rolls and bags.
Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born on 11 October 1884 in Manhattan, New York City, to Elliott Roosevelt and Anna Rebecca Hall; her father was the brother of Theodore Roosevelt. Her mother died of diphtheria on 7 December 1892, and her father died on 14 August 1894, so she lost both parents before she turned 10. She was then raised by her maternal grandmother, Mary Livingston Ludlow Hall, in Tivoli, New York.
From 1899 to 1902 she attended Allenswood Academy in Wimbledon, London, where the headmistress, Marie Souvestre, had a strong influence on her. On 17 March 1905, in New York City, she married Franklin D. Roosevelt, with her uncle Theodore giving her away. They had six children between 1906 and 1916; one died in infancy.
After Franklin's illness in 1921 she became more active in public life, raising funds for the Women's Trade Union League and becoming an increasingly influential leader in the Women's Division of the New York State Democratic Party. In 1927 she founded Val-Kill Industries in Hyde Park, New York, with Nancy Cook, Marion Dickerman and Caroline O'Day; it made colonial-style furniture, pewter and homespun cloth until the partnership dissolved in 1938. Also in 1927 she, Dickerman and Cook bought the Todhunter School for Girls in New York City, where she taught American literature and history until Franklin was elected president in 1932.
She was First Lady from 4 March 1933 to 12 April 1945. She held 348 press conferences and admitted only women reporters, so newspapers had to keep women on staff to cover them. After an August 1933 visit to miners' families near Morgantown, she proposed the Arthurdale resettlement community. In 1936 she began "My Day," a syndicated column that ran six days a week until her death. In 1939, when the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to let the singer Marian Anderson perform at Constitution Hall, she resigned from the organization and helped arrange Anderson's concert at the Lincoln Memorial. In 1940 she became the first presidential spouse to speak at a national party convention, and in August 1943 she toured American troops in the South Pacific.
After Franklin's death she served on the U.S. delegation to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952. She was the first chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights, from 1946 to 1952, and led the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which the General Assembly proclaimed in Paris on 10 December 1948. President Harry S. Truman called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights work.
In 1961 President John F. Kennedy appointed her to chair the President's Commission on the Status of Women, a post she held until her death. She died in New York City on 7 November 1962, at 78, and was buried at Springwood, the Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park, New York.
She was selected as a first lady, author, reformer and leader, and above all for her work as the first chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights, which produced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The design
| Reverse designer | Don Everhart, U.S. Mint Artistic Infusion Program |
|---|---|
| Reverse sculptor | Craig A. Campbell, U.S. Mint medallic artist |
| Obverse | Laura Gardin Fraser, designed and sculpted, 1931 |
| Released | 5 June 2023 |
Specifications
| Composition, circulating | 91.67% copper, 8.33% nickel (pure copper core, copper-nickel outer layers) |
|---|---|
| Composition, silver proof | .999 fine silver |
| Weight | 5.670 g clad, 6.343 g silver proof |
| Diameter | 24.26 mm |
| Thickness | 1.75 mm |
| Edge | reeded, 119 reeds |
| Mints | Philadelphia (P) and Denver (D) for circulation; San Francisco (S) for proof and collector issues |
No American Women Quarter was struck in 90% silver. The Mint moved its silver proof sets to .999 fine silver with the 2019-dated issues, before this program began.
Frequently asked questions
- How much is the Eleanor Roosevelt quarter worth?
- Twenty-five cents in circulated condition. An uncirculated example from a Mint roll or bag trades for one to two dollars.
- How many Eleanor Roosevelt quarters were made?
- 555,800,000 in total: 284,000,000 at Philadelphia and 271,800,000 at Denver.
- When was the Eleanor Roosevelt quarter released?
- It entered circulation on 5 June 2023.
- Who designed the Eleanor Roosevelt quarter?
- The reverse was designed by Don Everhart of the Mint's Artistic Infusion Program and sculpted by U.S. Mint medallic artist Craig A. Campbell. The obverse, shared by all 20 coins, is by Laura Gardin Fraser.
- What is on the back of the Eleanor Roosevelt quarter?
- Eleanor Roosevelt with the scales of justice against a backdrop representing the globe, and the inscription UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. It was designed by Don Everhart and sculpted by Craig A. Campbell.
- Why is "of" lowercase on the Eleanor Roosevelt quarter?
- The U.S. Mint lists the inscription as "UNITED STATES of AMERICA" on this design; the Mint has not published a reason for the styling.
Sources
- Mintage figures: U.S. Mint circulating coin production dataset.
- Designer and sculptor credits: U.S. Mint, cross-checked against the artists' initials on the coin.
- Coin photograph: United States Mint image.
- U.S. Mint: United States Mint Begins Shipping 2023 American Women Quarters Honoring Eleanor Roosevelt on June 5th
- U.S. Mint: United States Mint Announces Designs for 2023 American Women Quarters Program Coins
- U.S. Mint: United States Mint Announces 2023 American Women Quarters Program Honorees
- Wikipedia: Eleanor Roosevelt
- United Nations Archives: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- United Nations: Women who shaped the Universal Declaration
Last verified: October 2026. Mintage figures are final.