I looked into that one a bit a while back. I didn't find a definitive mintage but, from what I can tell, they're not silver and seem to abound in the market. I would doubt that the plastic is original. Here's mine (not quite as nice):
An HA sale for 3:
https://coins.ha.com/itm/so-called-.../1187-9849.sFound on another coin forum (CT) - not sure of the source:
Quote:
book excerpt I found online
"Marysville observed the seventy-fifth anniversary of the running of the Pony Express with a three-day celebration held August 17, 18 and 19, 1935. On August 19 the rerun of the express by the Boy Scouts through the city on its way from Sacramento, Cal., to St. Joseph, Mo., was witnessed. Both the Marysville Marshall County News and The Advocate-Democrat published historical articles in issues contemporaneous with the celebration. The Oregon Trail Memorial Association supplied the Marysville committee with 1,000 Pony Express diamond jubilee memorial medals. The medals, which were designed by Win. H. Jackson, secretary of the association, are made of nickel and retail at twenty-five cents each. Profit from the sale of these discs will go into the marker fund. Persons wishing to purchase them are asked to write John G. Ellenbecker, of Marysville."
the last sentence leads me to believe there were more then 1000 minted I also know it was made by the orgeon trail assosiciates the same people who helped make the real orgeon trail half dollar.
Edit: one of those included in the HA sale is silver. The restrikes are not.
In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
Edited by spru
04/20/2017 02:08 am
Posted 04/20/2017 12:36 am
