2019 San Antonio Missions Quarter: Value, Errors & Worth

This coin is from the America the Beautiful collection, and San Antonio is an important site in Texas in a historical sense. The missions formed a self-sustaining community in the early 1700s. There were farming systems, irrigation channels, workshops, and religious centers. 

The reverse design was inspired by Spanish Colonial Reales: wheat means agriculture; arches and a bell - community life; a lion is Spanish influence; a flowing line shows the river system that supported the settlements.

Overview of the 2019 San Antonio Missions Quarter

There is a group of missions that had the most important role in the region’s development. Four of them: Concepción, San José, San Juan, and Espada, are part of the official National Historical Park. 

Mission San José is still the “Queen of the Missions.” Mission Concepción is the oldest unrestored stone church in the United States. Mission Espada still has and uses parts of its original aqueduct, and Mission San Juan still has agricultural traditions that once fed the entire region. 

“In the 18th century, Spanish priests established these five Catholic missions along the San Antonio River to serve as the center of an ethnically diverse society. Today, the missions – walled compounds encompassing a church and buildings where the priests and local Native Americans lived – represent the largest concentration of Spanish colonial missions in North America.”

— Unknown author 

from the San Antonio official website

The location is Texas’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site because of the architecture, irrigation systems, and cultural impact. That status puts the missions in the company of some of the world’s most treasured historical places. 

The obverse of the coin keeps the restored Washington portrait. Circulation strikes are from Philadelphia and Denver. San Francisco made both proof and silver-proof versions. 

A note for the beginners: San Antonio Missions Quarter D is much different from P, because, as you may guess, they came from different towns (Denver, Philadelphia, and San Francisco). This quarter costs from 5 to 10 dollars, and the price doesn’t change because of the Mints, but some pieces do. 

You can collect this piece with Lowell, American Memorial Park, War in the Pacific, and River of No Return.

2019 San Antonio Missions Quarter Value & Worth

Circulated examples usually cost a quarter. San Antonio missions quarter worth higher values if it's proof formats and the five-ounce silver version. 

The West Point from this collection costs a bit more because the Mint specifically released a limited edition for collectors. Regular Philadelphia (San Antonio Missions Quarter P) or Denver (San Antonio Missions Quarter D) issues cost a bit less than the W version. 

General expectations for the San Antonio missions quarter value are not much; the West Point version has the highest interest.

If you're building a full set of 2019 issues, the 2019 quarter San Antonio missions fit right in with the year’s trend: it is affordable for beginners, just like the 2020 American Samoa Quarter. Only the W-mint version created real competition among collectors.

2019 San Antonio Missions Quarter Errors & Varieties

Minor issues do appear in roll searches. Collectors who study the San Antonio missions 2019 quarter look for small quirks. The layout of the reverse with four separate symbols makes it easier to notice small flaws.

Common minor issues:

• Small die chips on the arches or wheat

• Light doubling on some letters

• Thin die cracks around the quadrants

• Slightly weak strikes, where the river line loses definition

The 2019 San Antonio Missions quarter is detailed enough that even small imperfections are noticeable if you examine the symbols closely.

Conclusion

Circulated examples are common, proofs, silver versions, and the West Point strike are more valuable. It is useful for new collectors to get one (as well as the other pieces from those series), because they would cost much more in the future, and now they are easy to get.