2012-P 5 oz Silver ATB Chaco Culture SP-69 PCGS (FS, Mercanti)

Product Details

The Chaco Canyon coin is the second 2012 release of the U.S. Mint's America the Beautiful series and honors New Mexico's Chaco Canyon National Historical Park. This coin is graded SP-69 by PCGS with a Mercanti label. Personally hand signed by John Mercanti, Chief Engraver for the U.S. Mint. These coins have been specially treated after the striking process to achieve a very noticeable matte finish. These are the collector's edition ATB coins, and they carry the 'P' mint mark.

Coin Highlights:

• Contains 5 oz of .999 fine Silver.

Graded SP-69 by PCGS. Hand signed with a special John Mercanti label, Chief Engraver for the U.S.

Mint. First Strike designation meaning the coin was received by the grading service within the first 30 days of release.

Beautiful burnished finish. 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: Features a view to the west of two elevated kivas that are part of the Chetro Ketl Complex. Inscriptions are “Chaco Culture”, “New Mexico”, “2012” and “E Pluribus Unum.”Protect and display your burnished Chaco Canyon coin in style by adding an attractive display or gift box to your order.

These coins are sought after by investors for their .999 fine Silver content, and demanded by collectors for their artistic value.

Add this attractive 5 oz Silver America The Beautiful coin to your collection today!

Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico was the cultural epicenter of the ancient Pueblo Peoples between 850 and 1150 A.D. and is today known for its "Great Houses,” distinctive architecture which feature many petroglyphs and pictographs, and kivas, or ceremonial structures. The Chacoan sites are a part of a larger network of Native Americans which included the Pueblo, Hopi and Navajo tribes.

The canyon was the center of a system of communities linked across 40,000 square miles in the American southwest. Chaco Canyon was first established as a national site on March 11, 1907.

The reverse of this Silver coin illustrates two of the elevated kivas that are part of the Chetro Ketl Great House as well as the north walls of both the Chetro Ketl and the canyon.