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The arch
The dark opening makes the bridge structure legible.
Chickasaw
National Recreation Area
Water, stone, and a shared place.
Lincoln Bridge gives a human scale to a landscape of Oklahoma springs and streams.
Read the reverse ⟶
DenominationQuarter dollar
Weight5 troy ounces
Fineness99.9% silver
Diameter76.2 mm
Mint markNone · bullion
IssuerUnited States Mint
The illustrated edition
Illustrated: P-mint-mark five-ounce uncirculated edition. The standard bullion edition has no mint mark.
Official U.S. Mint gallery ↗Reverse design anatomy
A bridge
in limestone and silver.
The reverse features Lincoln Bridge. Built of limestone and dedicated in 1909, the bridge is represented through its arch, masonry, and surrounding vegetation.
The following close reading describes visible forms. It does not assign undocumented intentions to the artists.
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The masonry
Block-like marks describe the limestone surface.
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The setting
Vegetation frames the built landmark.
The place behind the coin
A park shaped
by water and people.
Springs, streams, and lakes are central to Chickasaw National Recreation Area. Lincoln Bridge crosses Travertine Creek, joining a built landmark to that watery setting.
The park commemorates the Chickasaw Nation and protects cultural landscapes as well as natural features. The bridge is a point of entry into that larger history, not its whole account.
- 1909Bridge dedication
- Travertine CreekCreek crossing
- Chickasaw NationCommemorated community
Synthetic context · not the artist’s source view.
Same design. A larger canvas.
From pocket change
to a statement in silver
The 2011 design also belongs to the circulating quarter. At 76.2 mm, the five-ounce silver coin is 3.14 times wider by diameter—not 3.14 times heavier.
The quarter is a measured outline: an exact authorized quarter photograph is not bound for this page. It is not a miniature bullion image.
Collect with context
Know the design.
Know the object.
Reverse design: Donna Weaver. Sculptor: Jim Licaretz. Obverse: John Flanagan.
- Standard bullion
- No mint mark · Authorized Purchasers · incuse edge weight and fineness.
- Collector five-ounce
- P mint mark · special finish · a separate object. Collector totals are not bullion mintages.