The peak
The distant northeast slope of Mount Reynolds anchors the upper field.
Glacier
National Park
Mountains carve the story.
Wildlife keeps it alive.
Peaks, lakes, and alpine meadows give Glacier its character. This Montana issue brings a mountain goat and Mount Reynolds together on silver.
Wild places. A lasting impression.
DenominationQuarter dollar
Weight5 troy ounces
Fineness99.9% silver
Diameter3 inches
Mint markNone (bullion)
Issuing authorityUnited States Mint
Reverse design anatomy
From design elements
to a larger story
A mountain goat traverses rocky high country, with Mount Reynolds behind it. The reverse joins a living animal to a layered mountain setting.
Read from the distant ridge to the foreground trees: changes in texture and scale give this compact field a sense of depth. An editorial reading, not a claim about the artist’s intent.
The wildlife
A mountain goat crosses rocky slopes. Its profile gives the scene a living focal point.
The landscape
Trees and rocky ground build foreground depth beneath the mountain and animal.
The place behind the coin
More than a million
acres of possibility
Glacier protects forests, alpine meadows, lakes, and rugged peaks in Montana. Its terrain offers a wider context for the mountain and animal selected for the coin.
Reserve1897First set aside
National park1910Park established
LandscapeLakes & peaksForests · alpine meadows
“The coin is one close reading of a much larger landscape.”Editorial reading
Same design. A larger canvas.
From pocket change
to a statement in silver
The 2011 design also appears on the quarter. Five ounces of .999 silver give it a different scale. Both share John Flanagan’s restored Washington obverse.
3.14×diameter⟶
Collect with context
A remarkable design
Barbara Fox designed the reverse; Charles L. Vickers sculpted it.
A national sequence
#07 of 56 · 2010–2021. Glacier brings Montana’s high country into the program.
Know the object
Bullion: no mint mark;
Authorized Purchasers.
Collector: P; special finish.
Edge: incuse weight & fineness.