Colorization like that actually destroys any collector value, because it modifies the coin. That type of change was done by someone other than the mint, making it a novelty. It's only worth as much as someone is willing to pay.
State quarters found in change are only worth face value.
If you found it in change, 25 cents. Hundreds of millions of each state quarter design were minted, so they're not rare.
An uncirculated one might retail for 50 cents to a dollar, but few dealers will pay much above face value because they probably have plenty of the state quarters already.
The Charter Oak, the oak tree used by colonists in 1687 to hide the colony's charter from British authorities who had been sent to revoke it. See Wikipedia entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_Oak .
The coin was NOT struck in 1788 but in 1999, spend it.
There were no quarter dollar coins issued by the U.S. mint in 1788.
The coin was NOT struck in 1788. The date of issue is on the front of the coin. It's 25 cents.
The US Mint did not start minting quarter dollars until 1796.
The coin was NOT made in 1788, just look at the other date on the same side of the coin. Value is 25 cents.
25 cents
1788 is the year South Carolina officially became a state. The quarter itself was actually minted in 2000, and is worth 25 cents.
All of the state quarters in circulation are face value only.
Given that the U.S. Mint didn't begin production of coins until 1793, what you have is a modern state quarter for Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, or New York, all of which became states in 1788. The coin is worth 25 cents.
It depends where it's from, and what condition it's in.
No US quarters of that date first year was 1796
The coins are still in circulation and only face value.