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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1458547, member: 15445&quot;]We coin collectors now have a very artistic collectable coin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; However, the big winners were apparently the original promoters of the coin.&nbsp; The Oregon Trail commemorative sold at different price levels between 1926 &amp; 1939.&nbsp; There were several marketing tiers and outlets and even some hoarding &amp; re-marketing in the mix.&nbsp; Initially, the price ranged from $1 to $2 per piece.&nbsp; In the later years, a PDS set was selling for between $6.25 and $7.50.&nbsp; This commemorative was apparently quite the expensive thing to own during the depression.&nbsp; The purchase price of this coin could have paid for a week’s groceries in some cases.&nbsp; [I think I read that factoid in the Swiatek &amp; Breen Commemorative book].</p><p><br /></p><p>In my opinion, the Oregon Trail is a darn pretty coin.&nbsp; I personally like the design of the obverse (&amp; the reverse) very much.&nbsp; I enjoy the image of the American Indian standing much like a cop directing traffic.&nbsp; It is as though he is saying “stop, you may push us to this point on the map but no further”.&nbsp; I believe the Swiatek &amp; Breen book made a similar reference to the obverse design.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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