CVC & Collectables presents the 2007-P Montana State Quarter, a Philadelphia business strike from the 50 State Quarters program featuring a bold bison skull suspended over Montana’s rugged mountains and plains with the state’s nickname, “Big Sky Country.”
Coin Highlights
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Maker: United States Mint – Philadelphia (“P” mintmark)
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Date: 2007
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Program: 50 State Quarters – Montana, 41st coin in the series and 1st release of 2007
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Catalog: KM# 396 (Montana State Quarter)
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Metal: Copper–nickel clad copper (91.67% copper, 8.33% nickel)
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Weight: 5.67 g
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Diameter / Edge: 24.26 mm; 1.75 mm thick; reeded edge
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Mintage (P business strike): 257,000,000 coins
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Obverse: George Washington portrait by John Flanagan (modified by William Cousins), with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST, QUARTER DOLLAR, and P mintmark.
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Reverse: Prominent bison skull above a sweeping Montana landscape of mountains, river, and plains; inscriptions MONTANA, 1889 (statehood year), BIG SKY COUNTRY, 2007, and E PLURIBUS UNUM.
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Designers (reverse): Don Everhart (design & sculpting)
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Grade: As described in the listing title; please see photos for the exact coin offered.
Historical Significance
Released January 29, 2007, the Montana quarter honors the 41st state, admitted to the Union on November 8, 1889. The reverse design centers on a bison skull—an image long associated with the art and spiritual traditions of the Northern Plains and Montana’s Tribal Nations—floating above a panorama of mountains, plains, and river that captures the state’s “Big Sky Country” nickname.
The bison skull motif recalls Western artwork popularized by Montana artists and symbolizes the rugged, sometimes harsh environment that shaped the region’s ranching, Native, and frontier history.
Collectibility
As the first 2007 State Quarter with a mintage of 257 million P-mint coins, the 2007-P Montana issue is widely available yet essential for any complete 50 State Quarters set. Collectors favor lustrous Uncirculated examples where the fine details of the skull, mountain ridges, and river remain sharp. High-end certified pieces in MS67 and above can bring solid premiums among registry collectors, while error hunters watch for missing clad layers, die cracks in the skull and lettering, and other striking anomalies that occasionally appear on this issue.
