Image of the ms67 Oregon Trail

caitlin · April 4, 2004 11:56AM

Can someone post an image of the ms67 OREGON TRAIL that ms68 David S won at auction.

ss350camaro · April 4, 2004 12:03PM

ealandg · April 4, 2004 12:03PM

That coin is so amazing it doesn't even look real. Wow!

BigE · April 4, 2004 12:14PM

I wonder how it was stored, or if they even know, I am thinking of putting one away for 80 years down the road-----------------------------------------BigE

Baley · April 4, 2004 12:59PM

NT that looks AT! what will they think of next?

coingame2000 · April 4, 2004 1:30PM

Baley,

The 1926 Oregon pictured above is absolutely original. I purchased it raw in November 1984 from John Highfill for $1,000 (CDN bid was about $250 at the time). Shortly thereafter I sold it to Eugene Spier for $1,100 and it resided in his 50-piece silver commemorative set. A few years later I arranged for Gene's fabulous toned commem set, along with his superb Peace dollar collection to be sold at public auction in the January 1987 Mid America FUN Show Sale. The 1926 Oregon realized $5,100 in that sale, which was a mind-blowing price at the time. Subsequently the buyer submitted the coin to PCGS and it was returned to him in a MS67 holder, a monumental accomplishment at the time. I was the underbidder (at $57,500) at the Superior sale and can assure you that I am not about to lay down that kind of money for a coin wherein toning is even remotely questionable. This just happens to be a very special coin that stands heads and shoulders above the rest. Without hesitation I can categorically state that this is (in my opinion) the most stunningly beautiful toned coin that I have ever owned.

Mike

oreville · April 4, 2004 1:49PM

coingame2000: It never ceases to amaze me how so many collectors sell their prized coins only to regret it and then try to buy it back at 50 times what they originally sold it for!!!!!!!!!

Baley · April 4, 2004 1:54PM

Mike, I had read the coin's history before and also Legend's write-up today (I think this is the same coin) No doubt it's incredible and gorgeous and with a traceable provenance and unquestionably Naturally Toned. So, how was it stored? Ahh, many years undisturbed in the shipping tissue paper.

dizzyfoxx · August 28, 2005 9:34AM

Since picking up my 1926-S Oregon, I decided to check out archive threads on Oregon commems. Well this post is more than a year old, but I'd say this coin is the epitome of the term, "MONSTER"!!!

ER · August 28, 2005 9:36AM

I'm telling you, Dizzy, you can make money with your Oregon.

commeman · August 28, 2005 10:54AM

One of my good friends and I met with David S. in a hotel room in Pittsburgh at the 2004 ANA. We had the good luck to view all of David's monster commems. As a color commem collector for over 15 years, IMHO, David's coins are unmatched in beauty and the Oregon is perhaps the finest color coin I have ever seen. It' s color, again IMHO, is natural..