Description Commemorate your visit to Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument 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 Monument medallion will be a timeless keepsake that you will treasure forever. Located in southwestern New Mexico, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument honors the amazing architecture the Mogollon people built into the cliff walls over 700 years ago. The monument covers over 550 acres and preserves the inter-connected cave structures that are spread throughout five rock alcoves as a testament to the Mogollon culture. The medallion’s obverse shows the famed cliff dwellings and the date the monument was established in 1907. The reverse displays the art of the Mogollon people. 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.
