2012 5 oz Silver ATB Chaco Culture MS-69 PL PCGS (FS, Edmund Moy)

Description

Coin Highlights: Contains 5 oz of .999 fine Silver. PCGS encapsulation guarantees the near perfect MS-69 First Strike grade of the coin and bears a label hand-signed by Edmund Moy, then-Director of the U.S. Mint. The First Strike designation ensures that the coin was received by PCGS within the first 30 days of release from the mint. Obverse: Similar to the Washington quarter featuring the text "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.” Rim is engraved with weight and purity of the coin. Protect and display your ATB in style by adding an attractive display or gift box to your order. These popular and highly collectible 5 oz America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coin series have captured the imagination of investors and collectors alike. Add this gorgeous coin to your collection today! This Chaco Culture coin is the 2nd of 5 America the Beautiful 5 oz Silver bullion coins to be released by the U.S. Mint in 2012 and the 12th overall in the series. Personally hand signed by Edmund Moy, the 38th Director of the U.S. Mint. This coin honors the Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico, which covers 34,000 acres and was the cultural epicenter of the Ancient Pueblo Peoples between 850 and 1150 A.D. Chaco Canyon is known for its "Great Houses,” distinctive architecture which features 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 the Silver coin illustrates two of the elevated kivas that are part o