2011-P Olympic

Olympic National Park anchored slot eight in the ATB program, the third 2011 release after Gettysburg and Glacier. Susan Gamble's reverse shows a Roosevelt elk standing on a river bank with Mount Olympus rising behind, a composition that pairs the park's signature wildlife with its dominant peak. Olympic was established June 29, 1938, late in the early national-park era and one of the youngest of the original park-status sites honored in 2011. Philadelphia struck 30,200,000 pieces, the lowest 2011 P-mint figure through that point in the year and barely 200,000 below the Gettysburg and Glacier P-mint totals. The narrow spread across 2011 designs reflects how stable Federal Reserve orders had become by the program's second year.

Strike quality on the issue concentrates at the elk's antler and body detail in the foreground, with the mountain backdrop typically holding up better through die wear than the animal figure. Gamble's composition asks the dies to render both fine animal anatomy and broad landscape relief in the same field, and the elk usually softens first. Late-die-state pieces show flattened antler tines and reduced fur texture even when the mountain detail remains acceptable. 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 graded examples; raw MS65 pieces still appear in original bank rolls from Pacific Northwest Federal Reserve distributions.

The 2011-P Olympic is 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. Among 2011 designs, the Roosevelt-elk imagery makes Olympic a strong favorite for wildlife collectors and a frequent pick for type-set builders who own one quarter per ATB year and select that year's standout design. Washington state set builders typically acquire the issue in MS66 or MS67 slabs without resistance. For the broader story of the ATB program, the 2008 authorizing legislation, and the series' design arc, see the Washington ATB series history.