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The 2010 P Grand Canyon National Park Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin is the fourth coin released (06/29/2011) in the AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL FIVE OUNCE SILVER UNCIRCULATED COIN SERIES.
A powerful and inspiring landscape, the1,217,403 acre Grand Canyon National Park overwhelms the senses through its immense size of the 277 river miles long, up to 18 miles wide and a mile deep. The Grand Canyon National Park was first established as a national site on February 20, 1893 (27 Stat. 469).
The reverse of the 2010 P Grand Canyon National Park Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin features a view of the granaries above the Nankoweap Delta in Marble Canyon near the Colorado River. (Marble Canyon is the northernmost section of the Grand Canyon.) These granaries were used for storing food and seeds between 1050 and 1150 A.D. Inscriptions are GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA, 2010, and E PLURIBUS UNUM. The reverse was designed and sculpted by Phebe Hemphill, United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver.
The 2010 P Grand Canyon National Park Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin had a mintage of 27,000 coins.