This is the second 2020 release of the popular 5 oz Silver America the Beautiful series, featuring the Weir Farm National Historic Site in Connecticut. This coin features a burnished finish and comes with a box and a certificate of authenticity.
This coin commemorates the Weir Farm National Historic Site in Connecticut. This is the 52
nd release of 56 coins in the series.
Coin Highlights: - Contains 5 oz of .999 fine Silver.
- Comes with protective box and capsule along with a certificate of authenticity.
- This collector version America The Beautiful coin features a beautiful Burnished Finish and the "P" mint mark. The edge has the purity and metal content inscribed.
- Obverse: Portrait of George Washington originally designed by John Flanagan, with the inscriptions of "United States of America," "Liberty," "In God We Trust" and "Quarter Dollar."
- Reverse: An artist wearing a painter's smock paints a canvas that is sitting on a tripod. Further up a grassy hill sits Julian Alden Weir's studio surrounded by trees at Weir Farm. To the right of the painter are the words "A National Park for Art."
- Guaranteed by the U.S. Mint
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These coins are sought after by investors for their .999 fine Silver content, and demanded by collectors for their artistic value. Add this attractive coin to your cart today!
Weir Farm National Historic Site
In 1882, American impressionist painter J. Alden Weir ended his search for a rural retreat by purchasing this hilly countryside estate for $10 and a painting. Located in Ridgefield and Wilton, Connecticut, the Weir Farm hosted numerous artists over the years who produced a large number of paintings depicting the surrounding landscape. Weir's daughter Dorothy, an artist herself, took over management of the property after his death in 1919. In 1931 she married the sculptor Mahonri Young who would build a second studio on the property. Artist Sperry Andrews befriended Mahonri Young and stayed on the Farm many years while painting. Following Mahonri's death, Sperry purchased the property and his wife Doris Andrews worked with Cora Weir Burlingham to preserve the Weir Farm, which eventually resulted in the U.S. government designation as a historic site in 1990. Today Weir Farm is one of only two sites in the National Park Service dedicated to the visual arts and over the years it has maintained an artists-in-residence program with over 150 artists participating.
