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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 395402, member: 6229"]<font size="5">There are two "firsts" revealed in this Trivia:</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5">1 The Oregon Trail Memorial Half Dollar was the first commemorative coin struck by the Denver Mint. The coin was first struck in 1926 at Philadelphia and San Francidco. In 1933 the minting honors was given solely to the Denver Mint.</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">2 This coin was designed by a husband and wife team:</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5">James Earle Fraser and Laura Gardin Frazer.</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/oregon_trail.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/oregon_trail.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/oregon_trail.htm</a></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">You may remember the name <b><u>James Earl Fraser </u></b>in regard to the Indian Head obverse and Bison reverse Nickel otherwise known as the "Buffalo Nickel:"</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/nickels/buffalo_nickels/1913_buffalo_nickel_type_1.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/nickels/buffalo_nickels/1913_buffalo_nickel_type_1.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/nickels/buffalo_nickels/1913_buffalo_nickel_type_1.htm</a></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">And in 2001 the commemorative One Dollar Buffalo was minted. Notice the "F" below the date:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/dollar_commems/2001d_american_buffalo_dollar.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/dollar_commems/2001d_american_buffalo_dollar.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/dollar_commems/2001d_american_buffalo_dollar.htm</a></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Laura Gardin Frazer has the distinction of designing some other United States commemoratives:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">She designed the 1926 Alabama Centennial Half Dollar: </font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/alabama_half_%20dollar.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/alabama_half_%20dollar.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/alabama_half_%20dollar.htm</a> </font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="5">She, also, designed the the two Grant Commemoratives (the 1922 silver Half Dollar and Gold Dollar):</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/grant_half_dollar.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/grant_half_dollar.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/grant_half_dollar.htm</a></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/one_dollar_gold_commemoratives/1922_grant_by%20variety.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/one_dollar_gold_commemoratives/1922_grant_by%20variety.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/one_dollar_gold_commemoratives/1922_grant_by variety.htm</a></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">There's another Commemorative coin she designed. Do you know which one it is?</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Here's a hint: It's a Silver Half Dollar.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5">Think you know?</font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Here it is:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/vancouver.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/vancouver.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/vancouver.htm</a></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Some of you may realize this prolific female coin designer also designed the two Philippines 1947 coins commemorating General Douglas MacArthur which were struck in the United States by the San Francisco Mint (Peso and 50 Centavos):"</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Here's a photo of the Peso courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery (the 50 Centavos, though smaller, has the same design as the Peso):</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/142-185&desc=Philippines%20km185%201%20Peso%20(1947)%20Douglas%20MacArthur" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/142-185&desc=Philippines%20km185%201%20Peso%20(1947)%20Douglas%20MacArthur" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/142-185&desc=Philippines km185 1 Peso (1947) Douglas MacArthur</a></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Hope you enjoyed,</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Clinker</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 395402, member: 6229"][SIZE=5]There are two "firsts" revealed in this Trivia:[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]1 The Oregon Trail Memorial Half Dollar was the first commemorative coin struck by the Denver Mint. The coin was first struck in 1926 at Philadelphia and San Francidco. In 1933 the minting honors was given solely to the Denver Mint.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]2 This coin was designed by a husband and wife team:[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]James Earle Fraser and Laura Gardin Frazer.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/oregon_trail.htm[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]You may remember the name [B][U]James Earl Fraser [/U][/B]in regard to the Indian Head obverse and Bison reverse Nickel otherwise known as the "Buffalo Nickel:"[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://www.coinfacts.com/nickels/buffalo_nickels/1913_buffalo_nickel_type_1.htm[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]And in 2001 the commemorative One Dollar Buffalo was minted. Notice the "F" below the date:[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/dollar_commems/2001d_american_buffalo_dollar.htm[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Laura Gardin Frazer has the distinction of designing some other United States commemoratives:[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]She designed the 1926 Alabama Centennial Half Dollar: [/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL="http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/alabama_half_%20dollar.htm"]http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/alabama_half_%20dollar.htm[/URL] [/SIZE] [SIZE=5]She, also, designed the the two Grant Commemoratives (the 1922 silver Half Dollar and Gold Dollar):[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/grant_half_dollar.htm[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/one_dollar_gold_commemoratives/1922_grant_by%20variety.htm[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]There's another Commemorative coin she designed. Do you know which one it is?[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Here's a hint: It's a Silver Half Dollar.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5] [/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Think you know?[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Here it is:[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/vancouver.htm[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Some of you may realize this prolific female coin designer also designed the two Philippines 1947 coins commemorating General Douglas MacArthur which were struck in the United States by the San Francisco Mint (Peso and 50 Centavos):"[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Here's a photo of the Peso courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery (the 50 Centavos, though smaller, has the same design as the Peso):[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/142-185&desc=Philippines%20km185%201%20Peso%20(1947)%20Douglas%20MacArthur[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Hope you enjoyed,[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Clinker[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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