Values
A Crossing the Delaware quarter from circulation is a clad Washington quarter with one special reverse. This page is a series reference, not a price list.
The mintage chart does not fill G, VF, or MS-63. The NGC US Coin Price Guide extract retrieved 2026-08-21 has no Crossing the Delaware rows. Do not invent a premium because the reverse is a painting you recognize.
If a roll is all you have, how to sell a coin collection is the longer conversation. A single circulated quarter is spending money until a dealer says otherwise.
Key Dates
There is one year. Philadelphia and Denver both struck hundreds of millions. This page will not name a key, and it will not bold a row.
Errors
No named circulation variety is a mintage row here. Proofs and silver proofs from San Francisco are a different product. They stay off the chart. They are not errors.
The river scene is the design. A weak boat is wear or a soft strike, not a missing-element mint error this page is willing to name.
Compare a coin to the NGC Coin Explorer quarter pages for the years around it. Crossing the Delaware is not one of the America the Beautiful reverses. We do not host grader plates.
Varieties
One reverse: Washington crossing the Delaware. It is a one-year design between America the Beautiful and the American Women quarters. This page has no major die variety to add.
Names follow PCGS CoinFacts and NGC, the same publishers this site already cites. This is a name list, not a price list and not a count.
Mintage
Business strikes only.
| Year | Mint | Mintage | G | VF | MS-63 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | P | 838,400,000 2021 Crossing the Delaware only. Tuskegee Airmen is an America the Beautiful quarter. | — | — | — |
| 2021 | D | 865,400,000 2021 Crossing the Delaware only. Tuskegee Airmen is an America the Beautiful quarter. | — | — | — |
Mintage: the note under this table names the page that printed each count. These figures are not an NGC Coin Explorer extract and they are not the 1974 Mint pamphlet.
Collector-standard year/mint presentation follows A Guide Book of United States Coins (the Red Book). These cells are Mint manufacture figures, not a Red Book net or melt.
Values: NGC US Coin Price Guide, retrieved 2026-08-21. Guide values, not offers. Not melt. NGC IDs link to the same publisher’s price-guide listing.
Key date names: PCGS CoinFacts (2026-08-21). Bold rows are only dates that publisher named.
2021 Philadelphia and Denver business strikes are the Wikipedia Washington quarter mintage figures, retrieved 2026-10-06. San Francisco proofs and silver proofs stay off. This is not an America the Beautiful reverse.
The two figures are the Philadelphia and Denver counts on the Wikipedia Washington quarter mintage page. San Francisco proof and silver-proof figures on that page stay off. This is not the Tuskegee Airmen quarter, which stays on the America the Beautiful chart.
Read the reverse. If it says CROSSING THE DELAWARE, you are on this page.
Specifications
These are mint specs, not what a dealer pays. Wear can take a little weight off. We will not invent a tolerance. The 2021 silver proof is a different planchet and is not this chart.
| Specification | Figure |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 24.26 mm |
| Thickness | 1.75 mm |
| Weight | 5.67 g |
| Composition | copper-nickel clad copper |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Designer | John Flanagan obverse; Benjamin Sowards and Michael Gaudioso reverse |
Thickness 1.75 mm, weight 5.67 g, diameter 24.26 mm, and copper-nickel clad copper are the Numista Crossing the Delaware type-page figures (N#262204). The reverse designer on that page is spelled Bemjamin Sowards; the name used here is Benjamin Sowards, with Michael Gaudioso as engraver. Silver proofs are not this planchet. America the Beautiful quarters are not this page.
Grading
A Crossing the Delaware quarter wears first on Washington’s cheek and on the figures in the boats. It is a clad quarter. One year, one reverse.
Tuskegee Airmen is the other 2021 quarter. It is an America the Beautiful coin, not this page.
Key Diagnostic Areas
| Area | What to examine | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Washington’s cheek | The cheek and the hair above the ear. | Bag marks land here. A bright cheek full of hits is still a hit cheek. |
| The boats | Washington and the troops on the reverse. | Those figures are the high points of this reverse. A weak boat on a circulated coin is wear or a soft strike, not a missing-design error this page will name. |
| The legend | CROSSING THE DELAWARE along the lower reverse. | That legend is how you separate this coin from Tuskegee Airmen. |
| Mint mark | P or D on the obverse. | San Francisco proofs are not the circulation rows. The mint mark on a business strike is P or D. |
Circulated & Mint State
These cards describe this coin, not a second copy of the P-1 through MS-70 chart. The shared numbers live on the glossary.
See graded photos. The photos that show what VF looks like live at PCGS. We do not host their plates. NGC Coin Explorer is another look if you want a second set.
What each named grade looks like on this design.
Poor
Poor
A disk you can still call a Crossing the Delaware quarter if you already know the type.
- Washington’s cheek and the figures in the boats are gone.
- The date may be a shadow. Do not scrape it.
- Shine does not make this a better coin.
AG
About Good
You might read a digit. The high points on this Crossing the Delaware quarter are already slick.
- Washington’s cheek and the figures in the boats are worn to a blank patch.
- If you cannot read the date without hoping, stay here.
- A 2021-D is still this grade if it is this worn.
Good
Good
The date is readable. The design is still mostly an outline.
- Washington’s cheek and the figures in the boats are flat. The type is an outline, not a portrait.
- The rim should be full enough to hold the legend.
- This is a worn coin, not a details story.
VG
Very Good
The date is clear. A little life returns away from the high points.
- Some leftover detail sits away from washington’s cheek and the figures in the boats.
- The high points are still tired.
- Do not clean the date to “see it better.”
Fine
Fine
You can follow the design. The high points are outlined, not sharp.
- Washington’s cheek and the figures in the boats are outlined and flat — no real sharpness yet.
- The rest of the coin can look busier than the grade.
- The date should be clear. The mint mark should be too, if there is one.
VF
Very Fine
The type is doing real work. Washington’s cheek and the figures in the boats still decide.
- Leftover detail sits on washington’s cheek and the figures in the boats. The centers are still the worn spot.
- Marks do not raise the grade.
- A regular 2021-D is still this grade if it is this worn.
EF
Extremely Fine
Most of the coin looks sharp. The high points tell on it.
- Light wear on washington’s cheek and the figures in the boats.
- The rest of the coin can look better than the grade. Trust the high points.
- The date should be sharp.
AU
About Uncirculated
Almost no wear — and “almost” lives on the same high points.
- A trace of rub on washington’s cheek and the figures in the boats.
- Luster may still sit in the fields. Rub on those high points is still rub.
- A bright coin with a slick high point is still slick.
Basal MS
Mint State
No wear. The fight is marks and luster, not how white the coin looks.
- No rub on washington’s cheek and the figures in the boats.
- Marks and luster decide how this mint-state coin lives.
- A bright chewed-up coin is still chewed-up.
Choice
Choice Mint State
Still no wear. Cleaner fields than basal mint state.
- Same no-wear rule on washington’s cheek and the figures in the boats.
- Fewer marks in the fields. Luster is more intact.
- White is not a grade.
Gem
Gem Mint State
A clean Crossing the Delaware quarter for this type. Still mint state, still not a story.
- No wear on washington’s cheek and the figures in the boats.
- Marks and luster, not a romance about a date or a white field.
- A slab is an opinion in plastic. The glossary has the numbers.
San Francisco proofs and silver proofs exist. This page does not invent a PR price grid, and those coins are not circulation rows. The proof numbers live on the glossary.
Copper color designations do not apply to this clad quarter. See the Lincoln Wheat cent and the glossary.
Overview
The Crossing the Delaware quarter is the 2021 circulating quarter with Washington’s crossing on the reverse. It sits between the end of America the Beautiful and the American Women quarters that start in 2022. One year, two business-strike mints, one reverse.
The obverse is the Washington portrait collectors already know, with the date on the front. The reverse is the river, the boats, and the troops. It is a clad quarter. Treat it like one until the coin in hand says otherwise.
This page is a series article, not a shop listing.
History
The Mint issued the reverse in 2021, the same year as the last America the Beautiful quarter. Wikipedia’s mintage table separates the Crossing the Delaware rows from the Tuskegee rows. This site does the same. American Women quarters begin in 2022 and are not written up on this page.
Design
Obverse: John Flanagan’s Washington, LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST, and the date. Reverse: Washington and the troops crossing the Delaware, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, E PLURIBUS UNUM, CROSSING THE DELAWARE, and QUARTER DOLLAR. Numista names Benjamin Sowards as designer and Michael Gaudioso as engraver. The P or D mint mark is on the obverse.
Look at Washington’s cheek on the front and the figures in the boats on the back. Those are the high points. A bag mark on the cheek is a bag mark.
People Also Ask
Is the Crossing the Delaware quarter an America the Beautiful coin?
No. 2021 also has the Tuskegee Airmen America the Beautiful quarter. Crossing the Delaware is a separate reverse, Washington crossing the river, issued the same year. It has its own page and its own mintage rows.
What mints struck it for circulation?
Philadelphia and Denver. The Wikipedia Washington quarter mintage page prints those two business strikes. San Francisco proofs and silver proofs stay off this chart.
How much is a 2021 Crossing the Delaware quarter worth?
A circulation strike is a modern clad quarter. This page does not print a guide price. Face value is the right starting point until someone is looking at a proof or a high-grade piece in hand.
Who designed the reverse?
Numista credits Benjamin Sowards as the designer and Michael Gaudioso as the engraver. The obverse is still John Flanagan’s Washington. The Numista type page spells the designer’s first name Bemjamin. That is their spelling. The design credit used here is Benjamin Sowards.
Collector Considerations
One honest Denver or Philadelphia coin from change is the type. A proof in a mint case is a different product and is not a row on this chart.
There is no legal type photograph on this page yet. The Mint reverse file found on Commons was too small to host as a plate, and this site does not upscale it. The placeholder is intentional.
If you are sorting a jar of 2021 quarters, split Tuskegee Airmen from Crossing the Delaware before you talk about mintages. They are both 2021. They are not the same coin.
For the park quarters, read America the Beautiful. For the older eagle-reverse clad quarter, read the Washington quarter.
A Final Word
Crossing the Delaware is one reverse and one year. Read the boats. Then read the mint mark.
When you want the 2010–2021 park quarters, that page is already here.