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Commemorate your visit to Big Bend National Park with this die-struck medallion created by master artisans. Great as a gift, to celebrate a trip or to just hold as a lasting reminder of your journey through America’s great outdoors, this National Parks medallion will capture the Big Bend experiences meaningful to you in enduring, splash-minted metal. Running through southwest Texas and along the U.S./Mexico border, Big Bend National Park is a fascinating place consisting of archaeological treasures, petrified trees, vestiges of prehistoric cultures, and unusual forms of plant and animal life. From hot desert landscapes to spectacular river canyons, a visitor to the park can quickly go from one extreme to the other while witnessing an exceptional diversity of wildlife. The medallion’s obverse shows a desert cactus with the year the park was established. The reverse depicts a park regular, the warthog with encircling text commemorating the centennial of America’s first National Park. Minted in deep relief using a special "splash minting" process, this coin is struck in a brass alloy and given a beautiful lacquered finished. Make sure you see all of our 65 eye-catching National Park medallions. Choose the one with special meaning to you or collect them all and commemorate your journeys in the lush woods, bold deserts, deep waters, and dazzling summits found throughout America’s National Park System. Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought: |