2011-P Olympic National Park Quarter
CVC & Collectables presents the 2011-P Olympic National Park Quarter, the eighth release in the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program, celebrating Washington’s iconic Olympic Peninsula landscape and wildlife.
Coin Highlights
-
Program: America the Beautiful Quarters®
-
Mint / Mint Mark: Philadelphia (P)
-
Denomination: Quarter Dollar (25¢)
-
Composition: Cupro-nickel clad (8.33% nickel, balance copper)
-
Weight / Diameter / Thickness: 5.670 g / 24.26 mm / 1.75 mm
-
Edge: Reeded
-
Obverse: Restored George Washington portrait by John Flanagan
-
Reverse: Roosevelt elk on a gravel bar of the Hoh River with Mount Olympus in the background
-
Reverse credits: Designed by Susan Gamble; sculpted by Michael Gaudioso
Historical Significance
Olympic National Park is famous for its dramatic range of environments—from Pacific coastline to glacier-capped peaks like Mount Olympus. The elk theme is especially fitting: the National Park Service notes that in 1909 President Theodore Roosevelt created Mount Olympus National Monument to protect habitat for the Roosevelt elk, and the area was later redesignated as Olympic National Park in 1938.
Collectibility
The 2011-P Olympic quarter is a strong, affordable album coin with a reported circulating mintage of 30,400,000.
