Oregon Trail With No Die Rotation

Nice coin! From your images, the coin appears to be an attractively toned example of the 1926-S Oregon that also has strong luster.



My experience indicates that the die alignment has no bearing on the grading specs for the Oregon Trail half-dollar.


Here's a previous response I gave to a related question about Oregon Trail rotations that seems relevant here:



I would agree with nickelsearcher's observations that examples with rotated dies are fairly common for the 1926 Oregon. I would add, however, that the majority of rotated examples are found on the 1926 coins minted in Philadelphia; the San Francisco minted pieces of 1926 are generally seen w/o the rotation (or very little rotation).


The coin you've shown is one of the SF coins and so the non-rotation is not much of a surprise.

Concur with commems observations on the differences between the two 1926 examples ...

Die alignment is not known to factor in grading ... unless the coin is specifically submitted as a 'variety' with a request to judge the level of rotation between dies.

David