2017-P George Rogers Clark

The 2017-P George Rogers Clark closed the year's five-release cycle and gave the program its second Revolutionary War honoree of the 2016-2017 stretch (following 2016's Fort Moultrie). Frank Morris's reverse, sculpted by Don Everhart, depicts Clark leading his Virginia militia across the flooded Wabash River bottoms in February 1779 on the march to recapture Fort Sackville at Vincennes, the campaign that secured the Illinois Country for the American cause. Philadelphia struck 206,400,000 pieces, matching the 2017-P Frederick Douglass figure exactly and settling into the year's mid-range output band. The corresponding 2017-S George Rogers Clark received Enhanced Uncirculated treatment for the U.S. Mint's 225th-anniversary set.

Strike quality on the issue tracks the broader 2017 Philadelphia production: dies were generally well maintained, but the fine reverse detail on the militia figures, the rifles, and the water at the men's feet is where graders separate gem from near-gem. Look at the lead figure's profile and the rifle stocks for strike grading: late-die-state examples show flattening across those raised elements. The clad composition (75% copper-nickel over a pure copper core, 5.67 grams, 24.26 mm) matches every quarter struck since 1965, so counterfeit risk is functionally nil and the high-grade market runs through PCGS (Professional Coin Grading Service) and NGC slabs. Roll hunters working original P-mint bags still recover MS65 examples for this date without trouble.

As a collecting target, the 2017-P George Rogers Clark is a Regular-classification entry where the figural Revolutionary War composition gives the date solid collector interest at high grades. Certified-population data show the standard 2017 distribution: well-supplied through MS66, a step-up at MS67, and a real climb at MS68 where the certified count drops to the low triple digits at PCGS. The Enhanced Uncirculated 2017-S George Rogers Clark is a separate catalog entry and not interchangeable with the circulation strike at any grade level. Series builders chasing the full ATB run typically reserve real money for the date in MS68. For the broader story of the ATB program and the series' design arc, see the Washington ATB series history.