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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 2958670, member: 4910&quot;]My main numismatic interests are non-US coins and some types of medals and tokens.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do browse the United States coin forums and now and then there is an Oregon Trail half dollar, usually with a MS (Mint State) grade and sometimes with additions like CAC (Certified Acceptance Corporation) stickers.</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins are nice looking and sometimes considered beautiful, with the covered wagon heading west designed by James Fraser and the American Indian designed by Laura Fraser.</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins were issued from 1926 to 1939 and have a colorful numismatic and political history.</p><p><br /></p><p>At a recent local coin show, I talked to a dealer who had two MS and CAC Oregon&#039;s and asked if he had any others.</p><p><br /></p><p>He did, a 1938-S, uncertified.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_unitedstates_c50_1938s_oregontrail.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>United States Commemorative Half Dollar - Oregon Trail Memorial 1938-S</p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, my great-great grandmother Minerva travelled from Ohio to California in 1851-1852 in a covered wagon. The first part of the route was on the Oregon Trail and then a California trail.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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