Description Commemorate your visit to Kings Canyon 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 experience in America’s great outdoors, this splash-minted National Park medallion will be a timeless keepsake that you will treasure forever. Located in southwestern California, Kings Canyon National Park is part of the rugged Sierra Nevada Mountain Range and is renowned for its remote beauty and stunning high-country vistas. At 14,505, Mt. Whitney is the highest peak in the lower 48 states and resides within the park as well as its renowned giant Sequoia groves, including the famous General Grant Sequoia, the second largest tree in the world. The medallion’s obverse of the medallion displays a sweeping view of the Kings Canyon skyline. The reverse shows a majestic deer. Minted in deep relief using a special “splash minting” process, this coin is struck in a brass alloy and given a beautiful lacquered finished. Each coin measures 1 1/2 inch (38.1mm) in diameter. This is an NWTMINT surplus item.
