(1947) SC50c C. SMITH PONY EXPRESS JUBILEE MEDAL 

Changing Ponies

NGC MS67 DPL ~ So-Called Half Dollar

-CALLED HALF DOLLAR BACKGROUND:
“Struck in recognition of the Pony Express Diamond Jubilee (60 years). Additionally, the reverse depicts a relay station where ponies were changed for riders on the mail route. — This issue was designed by Charles Smith and subsequently privately struck by Whitehead and Hoag.

RARITY:
Mintage number unknown, nor documented.
(NGC Pop = 8; 3 Finer - NGC Total Pop (DPL) = 20

SO-CALLED HALF DOLLAR DESCRIPTION:
(Struck by Whitehead & Hoag, White Metal, 32mm, Round, Plain Edge)
OBVERSE: Oregon Trail Memorial Ass’n - Pony Express Diamond Jubilee / (Image of Mail Rider on Pony) / 1860 1935
REVERSE: Changing Ponies / (Depiction of 2 Ponies and Riders at Relay Station Being Swapped Out) / Relay Station / Whitehead & Hoag