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1947 C. Smith Pony Express Diamond Jubilee So-Called Half Dollar NGC MS67
1947 C. Smith Pony Express Diamond Jubilee So-Called Half Dollar NGC MS67
1947 C. Smith Pony Express Diamond Jubilee So-Called Half Dollar NGC MS67
1947 C. Smith Pony Express Diamond Jubilee So-Called Half Dollar NGC MS67

1947 C. Smith Pony Express Diamond Jubilee So-Called Half Dollar NGC MS67

$ 155.76

Availability: 38 in stock
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  • Certification Number: 4929407017
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Condition: Medal, 1947, WM, PONY EXPRESS DIAMOND JUBILEE, 1860-1935 (Struck 1947), United States, Oregon, So Called 50 Cents, NGC MS63, Cert# 1913431-002. Minted by Whitehead & Hoag who minted many of the SC$'s. Obv. Rider with Rifle on Galloping Horse, Legend around, Oregon Trail Memorial Ass'n, Pony Express Diamond Jubilee, Dates 1860-1935, below; Rv. Relay Station with Rider Changing Horses, Legend above, "Changing Ponies", below "Relay Station", microscopic Whitehead & Hoag at bottom.
  • Type: So-Called Dollar
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated

    Description

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    The Pony Express was a mail service delivering messages, newspapers, and mail using relays of horse-mounted riders that operated from April 3, 1860, to October 24, 1861, between Missouri and California in the United States of America.
    Operated by Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company, the Pony Express was of great financial importance to the U.S. During its 18 months of operation, it reduced the time for messages to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to about 10 days. Many people used the Pony Express as a communication link. It also encouraged catalogs to be created, allowing people to buy goods and have them brought by horse to the customers.[1] It became the West's most direct means of east-west communication before the transcontinental telegraph was established (October 24, 1861), and was vital for tying the new U.S. state of California with the rest of the United States.
    Despite a heavy subsidy, the Pony Express was not a financial success and went bankrupt in 18 months, when faster telegraph service was established. Nevertheless, it demonstrated that a unified transcontinental system of communications could be established and operated year-round. When replaced by the telegraph, the Pony Express quickly became romanticized and became part of the lore of the American West. Its reliance on the ability and endurance of individual young, hardy riders and fast horses was seen as evidence of rugged American individualism of the frontier times.