Get this American classic silver half dollar issued to raise funds to place memorial markers along the historic Oregon Trail!
- 90% silver
- Struck at the prestigious San Francisco Mint in 1926
- Obverse designed by sculptor Laura Gardin Fraser, depicting Native American with arm outstretched and a map of the USA behind him
- Reverse designed by James Earle Fraser, her husband, depicting covered Conestoga wagon heading west into the setting sun
- Between 1841 and 1869, over 400,000 intrepid pioneers in canvas-topped prairie wagons trekked more than 2,000 miles from Independence, MO to Oregon City in the Pacific Northwest, hoping for a better life
To this day, these silver halves honoring the Oregon Trail remain popular with collectors – don’t wait to add this coin to your collection!



