2011-P Glacier

Glacier National Park entered the ATB sequence as design seven, the second 2011 release after Gettysburg and the program's first issue honoring a Rocky Mountain park. Barbara Fox's reverse pictures the northern face of Mount Reynolds with a mountain goat standing on a foreground ledge, a composition that uses the goat to ground the rugged peak in living-creature scale. Glacier was established May 11, 1910, making 2011 the park's centennial year-plus-one for the federal designation. Philadelphia struck 30,400,000 pieces, matching the Gettysburg P-mint total to the unit and reinforcing the 2011 production pattern of lower output than 2010 across the board.

Strike quality on the issue concentrates at two features: the mountain goat's hair texture in the foreground and the snow-and-rock detail on Mount Reynolds in the background. The goat's coat is where MS66 separates from MS67 most consistently. Fox's first ATB design shows a careful attention to small-creature anatomy on a small canvas, the kind of detail that rewards dies in early state and punishes dies that have been pushed too long. The clad composition is the standard 75% copper-nickel cladding over a pure copper core (5.67 grams, 24.26 mm). PCGS (the Professional Coin Grading Service) and NGC handle the slabbed market for high-grade examples; raw MS65 pieces still appear in original bank-wrapped quarters from Federal Reserve releases in the northern Rockies.

The 2011-P Glacier reads as a Regular common date with premium tiers concentrated at MS67 and above. The population thins meaningfully at MS68, where the issue functions as a condition rarity rather than a date rarity. The mountain-goat composition makes the design a favorite among wildlife-themed collectors and among Montana set builders, who often pair the issue with the 2011-D in a state-specific display. For the broader story of the ATB program, the 2008 authorizing legislation, and the series' design arc, see the Washington ATB series history.