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The summit
The pointed Mount Chocorua profile anchors the distant field.
White Mountain
National Forest
Through the trees, a wider horizon.
Birch trees frame Mount Chocorua on the New Hampshire issue. The forest is the threshold; the mountain is the distant anchor.
Read the reverse ⟶DenominationQuarter dollar
Weight5 troy ounces
Fineness99.9% silver
Diameter76.2 mm
Mint markNone · bullion
IssuerUnited States Mint
Reverse design anatomy
A mountain seen
from within the forest
The Mint identifies Mount Chocorua, the easternmost peak of the Sandwich Range, framed by birch trees. Phebe Hemphill both designed and sculpted the reverse.
The following close reading describes visible forms. It does not assign undocumented intentions to the artists.
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The birches
Near trunks on the right edge establish the foreground frame.
03
The lower landscape
Water and vegetation lead the eye from the near field toward the mountain.
The place behind the coin
A forest is more
than its skyline
Established in 1918, White Mountain National Forest spans New Hampshire and Maine. Federal forest management brings water, wildlife, recreation and forest resources into the same long-term responsibility.
The photograph shows Hancock Overlook in autumn, not Mount Chocorua. It offers wider forest context while the exact coin remains the authority for the birches and peak chosen for the design.
- 1918National forest established
- NH · MEAcross two states
- 2013First design of the year
Hancock Overlook · USDA Forest Service / Nicolette Keown · public domain · Context, not the artist’s source view.
Same design. A larger canvas.
From pocket change
to a statement in silver
The 2013 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 designer and sculptor Phebe Hemphill
- 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.