The Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Silver Uncirculated Coin will be released by the US Mint as the second 2016 strike of the series. Shown on the reverse of the silver uncirculated coin will be a design emblematic of Cumberland Gap National Historical Park found in the state of Kentucky. No release date was known for the coin at the time of this posting.
These silver uncirculated coins are released by the US Mint as part of the America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin™ Program authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury under the power granted him in 31 U.S.C. §5111(a) (3). The coins are considered the numismatic versions of an associated series of bullion coins and feature similar specifications to those coins.
This includes obverse and reveres imagery originally created for the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. It also includes being struck from five ounces of .999 fine silver to a diameter of three inches.
The obverse of all of the America the Beautiful related coins including these uncirculated coins, the bullion coins and the quarter dollars all contain the same portrait of George Washington, the first President of the United States. The portrait will likely be familiar to many as it has graced the obverse of all circulating quarter dollars from the United States since 1932 and was created by John Flanagan. Surrounding the portrait will be the inscriptions of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST and QUARTER DOLLAR.
Shown on the reverse of the coin will be the design emblematic of Cumberland Gap. The design will also include the inscriptions of CUMBERLAND GAP, KENTUCKY, 2016 and E PLURIBUS UNUM.
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park in Kentucky
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is located on the border between Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. However, for the purposes of all of the America the Beautiful Coins it is associated with the state of Kentucky.
It was officially established on June 11, 1940 to preserve the area which has been used for centuries as a trail through the Appalachian Mountains. This area is also important to the history of the United States as it served as the gateway to the Kentucky wilderness during the early days of the country.
