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25 cents 2012 The 15th National Park of Denali

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Depth 1,7
Weight 5,67
Diameter (mm) 24,3
Material Copper-Nickel
Edge of the coin (milling) fluted
Country USA
Release date 2012
Quality UNC

70 руб

  • D - Denver
  • P - Philadelphia
  • S - San Francisco

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25 cents (quater) 2012 from the series National Parks - 15th National Park Denali State of Alaska.

Obverse: In the center of the coin is a portrait of President George Washington to the left (shown in the restored version of the original portrait, used since 1932 on coin-kvarterah). Above the semicircular name of the issuing country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in the semicircle the value of the coin is written - QUARTER DOLLAR. To the left of the portrait is minted the word LIBERTY (FREEDOM), on the right in a few lines - IN GOD WE TRUST (WE BELIEVE IN GOD) and the letter of the mint.

Reverse: in the central part of the coin field, against the background of the famous McKinley Mountain and the landscape of the Denali National Park, an image of a mountain ram is presented. Near the edge of the coin a semicircular inscription:
In the upper part - "DENALI" (Denali);
In the bottom - on the left "ALASKA" (Alaska) and on the right "E PLURIBUS UNUM" (the motto of the USA - from many - one).
Also in the lower part is the year of coinage in the form of a horizontal inscription "2012".

Denali is a US national park stretching 25 thousand square kilometers in the center of Alaska. This is a unique biosphere reserve of the nature of the northern latitudes. Its territory includes part of the Alaska Range with the picturesque McKinley Mountain, whose peak reaches 6,193 meters and is the highest point of the United States.
In the language of the ancient Athabaskans, "denali" meant "great," before renaming the mountain, McKinley also wore that name. The National Park was established in 1980 by combining two reserves, existing since the beginning of the twentieth century. Today, over a huge area of ​​Denali Park, there is only one dirt road, the rest of the territory is closed for road transport.
Northern reindeer, black bears, wolves, foxes, sheep Dala freely walk in the untouched northern space - there are 39 species of mammals. The real kings of the area are large moose, whose weight reaches 500 kg. The vegetation world of the Denali Reserve is represented by 650 species of plants, among them the main quantity - mosses, lichens, algae, mushrooms. The foot of the mountains are covered with coniferous forests, on the plain stretches the tundra, covered in the summer with a carpet of flowers.
Denali Park is considered one of the best and spectacular reserves of the world. Long summer days offer opportunities for busy hiking, cycling and mountaineering. In winter, opportunities for snowmobiling, skiing, dog sledding are provided. Annually there are up to 1 million visitors. Several viewing platforms provide an opportunity to observe the migration of deer and mountain sheep through the passes, as well as enjoy magnificent views of mountains and glacial lakes, clean wide rivers against the background of a blooming tundra.

Released: 5 November 2012.

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