Description Commemorate your visit to Carlsbad Caverns National Park with this die-struck medallion created by master artisans. Great as a gift, to celebrate a trip or to just hold as a lasting reminder of your journey through America’s great outdoors, this National Parks medallion will capture the Carlsbad Cavern experiences meaningful to you in enduring, splash-minted metal. Found in south-east New Mexico, Carlsbad Caverns contains more than 100 caves including the nation’s deepest known limestone cave, Lechuguilla Cave. The size and boldness of the huge, vaulted underground chambers and countless formations are truly incredible. Interesting Sights: the Rock of Ages and the Big Room. The medallion’s obverse shows the awe-inspiring caverns with the year the park was established. The reverse shows the park’s dedicated discoverer and explorer, Jim White. Minted in deep relief using a special “splash minting” process, this coin is struck in a brass alloy and given a beautiful lacquered finished. Make sure you see all of our 65 eye-catching National Park medallions. Choose the one with special meaning to you or collect them all and commemorate your journeys in the lush woods, bold deserts, deep waters, and dazzling summits found throughout America’s National Park System. Each coin measures 1 1/2 inch (38.1mm) in diameter.
