Grand Canyon National Park
A vast canyon carved by a river over long ages, a natural wonder of Arizona.
Grand Canyon National Park is a vast canyon in the state of Arizona, carved into the land by a river over long ages. A valley stretching dizzyingly deep and wide reveals layer upon layer of differently colored rock, making it a place like a giant picture book created by nature.
The reverse of the coin depicts “Marble Canyon.” A section of the Grand Canyon, it holds the image of a canyon formed as the river passed through.
Marble Canyon is the canyon that marks the entrance where the Grand Canyon begins, and it well shows the traces of a river flowing between the rocks and carving the land over a long time. This scene brings to mind how majestic a landscape nature can shape when it takes its time.
The Grand Canyon came under federal protection on February 20, 1893, and later took its place as a national park, having been preserved to this day. It is a leading example of a world-renowned natural wonder left as everyone’s own.
When you look into the canyon on the coin, you come to meet, within a small circle, the enormous landscape that a single river created over long ages.