The George Rogers Clark National Historical Park Silver Uncirculated Coin will be struck by the US Mint as the last of five releases in 2017 of the America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin™ Program. Shown on the reverse of the coin will be a design emblematic of George Rogers Clark National Historical Park found in the state of Indiana. At the time of this posting, a release date for the coin was not known.
Coins in this series are each struck for collectors from five ounces of .999 fine silver and feature diameters of three inches. They are produced under the authority granted the Secretary of the Treasury in 31 U.S.C. §5111(a) (3) to produce and sell items of numismatic interest.
This series is actually the numismatic versions of the Mint’s America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coin™ Program which themselves take their designs from the associated America the Beautiful Quarters®. As such, all three series contain the same basic obverse image with reverses emblematic of sites of national interest from around the United States and its territories.
Shown on the reverse of this specific strike will be a design emblematic of honored national historical park in the state of Indiana. That design will be surrounded by the inscriptions of GEORGE ROGERS CLARK, INDIANA, 2017 and E PLURIBUS UNUM.
The obverse of all of the America the Beautiful related coins will contain John Flanagan’s portrait of George Washington. This image of Washington was first seen on the 1932 circulating quarter dollar and has been in use on the quarters ever since making it a familiar design to anyone familiar with American coinage. Surrounding the portrait will be the inscriptions of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST and QUARTER DOLLAR.
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park in Indiana
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park of Indiana was designated on July 23, 1966 to commemorate the contributions of the man of the same name who helped to insure the region remained under US control during the American Revolutionary War. Clark was sent by the colony of Virginia to protect its interest in the Old Northwest.
He did just that and was very successful against British forces of the region. This historical park is believed to be located at the site of Fort Sackville which is one of the locations where Clark forced the British to retreat, only to have to come back a few months later and re-take the fort.
