Q. David Bowers
(Also see preceding listings)
Authorization date: May 17, 1926
Date on coins: 1938
Date when coins were actually minted: 1938
Mints used: Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco
Maximum quantity authorized: 6,000,000 (for the entire series from 1926 onward)
Total quantity minted (including assay coins): 6,006 Philadelphia, 6,005 Denver, 6,006 San Francisco
Assay coins (included in above): 6 Philadelphia, 5 Denver, 6 San Francisco
Quantity melted: None
Net number distributed (including assay coins): 6,006 Philadelphia, 6,005 Denver, 6,006 San Francisco
Issued by: Oregon Trail Memorial Association, Inc., 1775 Broadway, New York City, N.Y. (perry Driggs, executive secretary)
Standard original packaging: Paper coin envelope; three-coin cardboard insert-type holders made by Eggers, imprinted "Oregon Trail Memorial Association, Inc., 1775 Broadway, New York City, New York"
Official sale price: $6.25 per set of three
Interesting fact: This was the first three-mint set of Oregon Trail coins.
(average market prices)
1940 MS-63 to 64 $15
1945 MS-63 to 64 $30
1950 MS-63 to 64 $32
1955 MS-63 to 64 $55
1960 MS-63 $80
1965 MS-63 $130
1970 MS-63 $135
1975 MS-63 $310
1980 MS-63$1,700
1985 MS-63 $1,300
1986 MS-60 $1,250, MS-63 $1,650, MS-64 $3,000, MS-65 $5,000
1990 (spring) MS-60 $1,250, MS-63 $1,450, MS-64 $2,000, MS-65 $3,550
1990 (December) MS-60 $1,250, MS-63 $1,425, MS-64 $1,600, MS-65 $2,150
Note: To find the price of a single coin, divide by three (and add a small premium, for sets usually sell for slightly less on a per-coin basis than single specimens).
(Also see preceding listings)
Authorization date: May 17, 1926
Date on coins: 1939
Date when coins were actually minted: 1939
Mints used: Phlladelphia, Denver, San Francisco
Maximum quantity authorized: 6,000,000 (for the entire series from 1926 onward)
Total quantity minted (including assay coins): 3,004 Philadelphia, 3,004 Denver, 3,005 San Francisco
Assay coins (included in above): 4 Philadelphia, 4 Denver, 5 San Francisco
Quantity melted: None
Net number distributed (including assay coins ): 3,004 Philadelphia, 3,004 Denver, 3,005 San Francisco
Issued by: Oregon Trail Memorial Association, Inc., 1775 Broadway, New York City, N.Y. (perry Driggs, executive secretary)
Standard original packaging: Paper coin envelope; three-coin cardboard insert-type holders made by Eggers, imprinted "Oregon Trail Memorial Association, Inc., 1775 Broadway, New York City, New York"
Official sale price: $ 7.50 per set of three.
(average market prices)
1940 MS-63 to 64 $15
1945 MS-63 to 64 $30
1950 MS-63 to 64 $32
1955 MS-63 to 64 $55
1960 MS-63 $80
1965 MS-63 $130
1970 MS-63 $135
1975 MS-63 $310
1980 MS-63 $1,700
1985 MS-63 $1,300
1986 MS-60 $1,250, MS-63 $1,650, MS-64 $3,000, MS-65 $5,000
1990 (spring) MS-60 $1,250, MS-63 $1,450, MS-64 $2,000, MS-65 $3,550
Note: To find the price of a single coin, divide by three (and add a small premium, for sets usually sell for slightly less on a per-coin basis than single specimens).