2013-S Nevada Great Basin National Park Quarter GEM PROOF America the Beautiful

Great Basin National Park is located in east-central Nevada. The park is bordered on the east by the Wasatch Mountains and on the west  by the Sierra Nevada Range. It is part of the entire great basin region, which is made up of many small basins.  These basins are separated by hundreds of north-south mountain ranges making Nevada the most mountainous state in the country.  Great Basin National Park features the Leeham Caves, 13,063 foot Wheeler Peaks, and the groves of ancient bristlecone pines. Great Basin National Park has a total area of 77,180 acres.

From 2010 through 2021 the US Mint is issuing commemorative quarters with special reverse designs celebrating National Parks and other National Sites. A park or site is being honored in each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the five US Territories: Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands. Each National Park or National Site was selected for its natural or historical significance. The National Park Quarters are being minted and issued at the rate of 5 designs a year, in approximately ten week intervals. The National Park Quarters are being released in the order that the locations were first designated as National Sites. The Obverse side of the coins feature a smaller restoration of the original Washington Quarter portrait, modeled from designer John Flanagan's 1932 plaster. The Reverse of each coin will feature a representation of the unique character and environment of each State, District, or Territory's National Park or Historic Site.

Circulation strikes will be made at the Philadelphia (P) and Denver (D) mints. The San Francisco (S) mint will strike the Proofs in clad composition and silver. Clad composition strikes contain an outer layer of 75% copper and 25% nickel bonded to an inner core of pure copper with a 24.33 mm diameter, 5.67 grams weight, and a reeded edge. The silver strikes will contain 90% silver and 10% copper with a 24.33 mm diameter, 6.25 grams weight, and a reeded edge.