Description Commemorate your visit to Yellowstone 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. Found in the rugged and Big Sky country of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, Yellowstone Park is America’s first National Park. Capturing the frontier spirit of the American west, visitors to Yellowstone can gaze upon gorgeous mountain meadows, or witness a grizzly bear ambling in the wild. The park is also home to the world-renowned geyser, Old Faithful. The medallion’s obverse shows George Catlin, a painter of Native American culture and one of the forefather’s of the National Parks movement. The reverse shows a brown bear and the text “Roche Jaune, the mighty river that runs through Yellowstone.” 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. Packaging may vary for this item.
