When Breckenridge was founded in 1859, the townsfolk whispered that the mountains had already been claimed by the Norse goddess of winter, Skadi. It is said she struck down a great frost giant that sought to keep the valley in darkness. From its shattered remains came the image now seen on one side of the coin — a cracked skull, rimmed with runes, forever warning of the price of defying the goddess of snow. On the other side stands Skadi herself, crowned with her horned helm, draped in furs, with the peaks of the Tenmile Range rising behind her. Her gaze fixes upon the stars, calling forth storms to blanket the land in white. Each winter, the people of Breckenridge celebrate the Ullr Festival, honoring Ullr, god of skiing and the hunt, and Skadi, who guards their mountains with endless snow. The coin endures as their symbol — one face of death conquered, the other of the goddess who reigns eternal over Breckenridge’s winter kingdom.

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