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1926-S Oregon Trail Half Dollar MS66 PCGS.
San Francisco Mint, 1926. Net mintage 83,055, the largest of any date in the series: 100,055 were struck, and 17,000 unsold coins were melted in 1933.
In 1926 Ezra Meeker, at age 95, went before Congress to ask for a half dollar whose sales would fund markers along the Oregon Trail. President Coolidge signed the bill on May 17, 1926. James Earle Fraser designed the wagon side; his wife, Laura Gardin Fraser, designed the Native American side.
Verify the grade at PCGS.com, cert number ending 1539.
Every coin has a story. Trophy Point Coins, West Linn, Oregon. ANA Life Member.
1926-S Oregon Trail Half Dollar MS66 PCGS.
San Francisco Mint, 1926. Net mintage 83,055, the largest of any date in the series: 100,055 were struck, and 17,000 unsold coins were melted in 1933.
In 1926 Ezra Meeker, at age 95, went before Congress to ask for a half dollar whose sales would fund markers along the Oregon Trail. President Coolidge signed the bill on May 17, 1926. James Earle Fraser designed the wagon side; his wife, Laura Gardin Fraser, designed the Native American side.
Verify the grade at PCGS.com, cert number ending 1539.
Every coin has a story. Trophy Point Coins, West Linn, Oregon. ANA Life Member.
