UFOs Over Mount Rushmore – Visitors Above the Presidential Faces
Mount Rushmore has seen generations of visitors, but this silver round imagines a distinctly different arrival. Several UFOs appear above the familiar presidential faces, turning a monumental American landmark into the setting for a science-fiction encounter. The scene is struck in 2 troy ounces of .999 fine silver with a Brilliant Uncirculated finish.
The Work Behind the Landmark
Carving at Mount Rushmore extended from 1927 to 1941. Under Gutzon Borglum, hundreds of workers transformed the granite into enormous portraits of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The project combined artistic planning with demanding work high on the mountain face.
Its construction story is as striking as its scale. Workers were lowered in suspended seats to carry out drilling and carving, making the sculpture a feat of practical skill as well as monumental design. After Gutzon Borglum died in March 1941, his son Lincoln supervised the remaining work; the project was declared complete that October.
A New Arrival in the Black Hills
The round places an imaginative event above that very real achievement. The craft above the presidential portraits create an immediate visual contrast, joining the stillness of carved stone with the suggestion of movement in the sky. The UFO theme is a fictional addition to the landmark, giving collectors a playful way to combine an interest in American places with otherworldly possibilities.
Design Details
Obverse: Several UFOs hover over Mount Rushmore, setting the presidential monument beneath an unexpected formation of visitors.
Reverse: A large Intaglio Mint logo appears within a plain border, accompanied by the silver-purity inscription and the year “2023.”
Specifications
- Weight: 2 troy ounces
- Purity: .999 fine silver
- Diameter: 39 mm
- Thickness: Approximately 6 mm
- Edge: Reeded
- Finish: Brilliant Uncirculated
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