PCGS - The Oregon Trail Commemorative Half Dollars of 1926 to 1939 represent the single longest-running type coin belonging to the United States Classic Commemorative series and are also one of the most widely collected coins of the period. With its iconic imagery of a Native American and a filled wagon train heading west into the sunset along the Oregon Trail, this commemorative half dollar is often collected both among other commemoratives and as a standalone representative of the Classic Commemorative series in general United States type collections.
The Oregon Trail Commemorative Half Dollars were made by the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mints over a period spanning from 1926 through 1939. Seen here is a 1934-D in stunning PCGS MS68.The Oregon Trail Commemorative Half Dollars were minted to honor the memory of the hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children who ventured west with hopes of finding prosperity and a better life on the expanding horizons of a young America. The Oregon Trail stretched some 2,000 miles from Independence City, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon, and led pioneers traversing the path through a variety of rugged terrains perhaps previously unimaginable to the Easterners and European immigrants venturing west. The trip from origin to destination in a covered wagon could take as long as a year.
Established in 1830, the Oregon Trail saw its heyday throughout the mid-19th century, though the advent of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 ushered in a new era of cross-country transit. By 1890, western emigres were chugging to the West by rail, making the journey from East Coast to West Coast in a week - far less time and challenge than making the same trek by covered wagon over many months. The National Park Service designated the carved path from Missouri to Oregon a National Historic Trail in 1981, by which time, the last of the Oregon Trail Commemorative Half Dollars were more than 40 years old.
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