A head of George Washington, the first President of the United States, facing left.

Designer: John Flanagan (JF), 1932 version from a 1786 bust by Houdon / William Cousins.

Features a Dall sheep with Mount McKinley rising in the background.

The Dall sheep (originally Dall's sheep), Ovis dalli, is a species of sheep native to northwestern North America, ranging from white to slate brown in color and having curved yellowish brown horns. The latter half of the Latin name dalli is derived from William Healey Dall (1845–1927), an American naturalist. The sheep inhabit the subarctic mountain ranges of Alaska, the Yukon Territory, the Mackenzie Mountains in the western Northwest Territories, and central and northern British Columbia. Dall sheep are found in relatively dry country and try to stay in a special combination of open alpine ridges, meadows, and steep slopes with extremely rugged ground in the immediate vicinity, to allow escape from predators that cannot travel quickly through such terrain.

Denali (also known as Mount McKinley, its former official name) is a mountain peak with a summit elevation of 6,190 m (20,310 feet) above sea level. At some 5,500 m (18,000 ft), the base-to-peak rise is the largest of any mountain situated entirely above sea level. Denali is the third most prominent and third most isolated peak after Mount Everest and Aconcagua.

Designer: Susan Gamble (SG)
Engraver: Jim Licaretz (JL)