The coin features a handsome running figure of Steven Gachupin, three-time marathon champion, with his record running time of three hours, 50 minutes, five seconds, with mileage and date of record. The reserve of the coin is the Pikes Peak relief used on the Bill Smartt marathon medallion designed by John Fetler, local sculptor.

The collector’s coin is finished in a new golden bronze in 1 5-16 inch diameter and 14-guage size.

The striking of the coin is spearhead by Col. Broun Mayall; Edward C. Rochette, acting director of the American Numismatic Association; Bill Smartt and Bill Henderson.

Banks and saving and loan associations of this area have contributed to the production of the medal, including:

Academy Boulevard Bank, Jim Kliever, president; American Heritage Bank and Trust Co., Henry Gerber, president; Bank of Fountain Valley, Don Hammer, president; Bank of Manitou, F.C. Aurand, president; Central Colorado Bank, Mike Yalich, vice-president; Colorado Commercial Bank, Robert E. Trego, vice-president; Colorado Springs National Bank, Col. Broun Mayall public relations; Exchange National Bank, Kay Fresychlag, public relations; First National Bank, Joel Webb, Chairman of the Board; Northern National Bank, Norman M. Postles, president; Pike Peak National Bank, Bill Henderson, president; Western National Bank, Willis F. Fischer, president; and the Fountain National Bank, Roy I. Gordon, president.