Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness 2019 Uncirculated Five Ounce Silver Coin

The Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness 2019 Uncirculated Five Ounce Silver Coin is composed of 99.9 percent silver.

The America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin™ – Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness (Idaho) is the fifth and last release of 2019 in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program. This reverse (tails) design depicts a piloted drift boat on the rushing river encompassed by the trees and rock formations of the wilderness. Inscriptions are “RIVER OF NO RETURN,” “WILDERNESS,” “IDAHO,” 2019,” and “E PLURIBUS UNUM.”

The Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness is made up of rugged mountains, deep canyons, and wild whitewater rivers, including the Main Salmon River and Middle Fork of the Salmon River. Designated a national site in 1980, the River of No Return Wilderness was later renamed in honor of the late U.S. Senator Frank Church, who played a leading role in its establishment as a protected wilderness. The area encompasses more than 2.3 million acres, is the largest single connected wilderness in the contiguous States, and contains four national forests. It is known for the variety of landscapes visible from the river, including wooded ridges rising to the sky, huge eroded monuments and bluffs, picturesque castles and towers, and solitary steep, rugged rocks.