United States
½ Dollar (Oregon Trail Memorial)
United States · 1926–1939 · Silver
The coin
The story
The Oregon Trail Memorial Half Dollar
In 1926 the Mint struck a half dollar to honor the pioneers who walked west. It was so beautiful that almost no one objected. Then it kept being struck — 1928, 1933, 1934, on and off until 1939 — in ever-smaller batches sold at ever-higher prices, until even collectors had had enough.
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