Forsythe's Silver Statehood Proofs
2007-S SILVER MONTANA

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Caption: "Big Sky Country"
Release date: January 29, 2007
Entered Statehood: November 8, 1889
Mintage: 513,240,000
Reverse: American Bison skull in the center with mountains and the Missouri River in the background.
Engraver: Don Everhart
Interesting fact: The planned battleship USS Montana was named in honor of the state. However, the battleship was never completed, making Montana the only one of the 48 states during World War II not to have a battleship named after it. Additionally, Alaska and Hawaii have both had nuclear submarines named after them. As such Montana is the only state in the union without a modern naval ship named in its honor. However, in August 2007 Senator Jon Tester made a request to the Navy that a submarine be christened USS Montana.