2013 NGC MS-69 Early Releases 5 oz America The Beautiful Great Basin Silver Coin

2013 NGC MS-69 Early Releases 5 oz America The Beautiful Great Basin Silver Coin

The US Mint produced silver coins for the America the Beautiful Quarter Program from 2010 to 2021. This series comprises 56 five-ounce silver coins featuring America's iconic parks, monuments, and forests.

The Great Basin Silver Coin is the third strike of the 2013 edition and the 18th in the series.

Great Basin National Park in Nevada was stated as a national site in 1922. The park is an oasis in the desert with over 40 miles of perennial streams and 400 springs. It contains various cultural resources dating back to prehistoric times and structures and sites related to mining, western surveys, and ranching. It includes Lehman Caves, the most heavily decorated limestone solution caverns in the west of the U.S., and Wheeler Peak, the second-highest peak in Nevada.

You can purchase 2013 5 oz America the Beautiful Great Basin Silver Coins at SD Bullion, purchased from the US Mint within the first 30 days of their official release and certified by NGC as MS-69 Early Releases coins.

Coin Highlights

• Evaluated, encapsulated, and graded as an MS-69 coin by NGC;

• Produced by the US Mint;

• Contains 5 oz of .999 fine silver;

• The third strike of the 2013 edition and the 18th in the series;

• Purchased from the US Mint within the first 30 days of public release;

• Holds a USD 0.25 face value and legal tender status;

• The standard obverse design features George Washington’s bust;

• The reverse displays the Great Basin National Park.

The Design

The obverse features George Washington's left-profile bust, designed by John Flanagan in 1932, inspired by the former President’s official portrayal created by William Cousins in 1786. 

It contains the engravings “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “LIBERTY,” “IN GOD WE TRUST,” and “QUARTER DOLLAR.” 

The reverse shows a lone Bristlecone Pine tree amidst the rocky glacial moraines where these trees thrive. Found at higher elevations in the park, these trees are among the oldest in the world. Some of them are over 4,000 years old.

The engravings read “GREAT BASIN,” “NEVADA,” “2013,” and “E PLURIBUS UNUM.”

An NGC MS-69 Early Releases Coin 

NGC - Numismatic Guaranty Company is internationally recognized for appraising and grading coins using the Sheldon Grading Scale, which ranks coins from 1 to 70 based on their condition.

For NGC, “Early Releases” refer to coins purchased from the original mint within the first 30 days of their official release and taken to its appraisal.

MS stands for Mint State. Mint State coins are shaped as business coins that have never circulated. 69 is the grade attributed to coins whose flaws are almost invisible.

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