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¼ Dollar "Washington Quarter" Mount Rushmore - Silver 5 oz. Bullion
| Issuer | United States Mint |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a dramatic scene at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota. In the left field, the colossal carved profile of George Washington dominates the composition, rendered in bold relief against the mountain face. To the right, a construction worker suspended on a swing stage is shown actively carving the monument, evoking the original sculpting process overseen by Gutzon Borglum. The legend MOUNT RUSHMORE arcs along the upper border, with SOUTH DAKOTA inscribed vertically on the left and E PLURIBUS UNUM vertically on the right. The date 2013 appears in the lower exergue, and the designer's initials JFM are incuse in the lower field. |
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The Mount Rushmore quarter was first issued in 2013 as part of the America the Beautiful series, which Congress authorized under the America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008. That legislation mandated coins honoring 56 federal sites — one per state, territory, and district — on a schedule running through 2021. The five-ounce silver bullion version replicates the circulating quarter's design at roughly the same proportions as a hockey puck, struck to .999 fineness rather than the clad composition of the pocket-change version.
Mount Rushmore itself was carved between 1927 and 1941 under sculptor Gutzon Borglum, funded in part by federal appropriations totaling approximately $1 million.