Imagine a courageous pioneer family traveling west in a covered wagon while a proud native American tries to halt westward expansion and you have the theme of the exquisite Oregon Trail Commemorative Half-Dollar. Issued from 1926 to 1939, this coin not only honors those who traveled along the 2,000-mile trail, it also features designs by designer James Earle Fraser and his wife Laura Gardin Fraser. James Earle Fraser did the reverse of a Conestoga wagon drawn by oxen heading west into the setting sun. Laura Gardin Fraser’s obverse design depicts a Native American Indian standing with his left arm outstretched as if to stop the inevitable migration to the west. The designs wonderfully reflect the nation’s popular theme of the “Old West.” This coin truly ranks as one of the three most beautiful U.S. coins ever struck. The coin in this offer is graded in About Uncirculated condition with lots of detail.