COINS LOT OF 19: 1935 "Pony Express Diamond Jubilee Memorial" Coins in Chestnut Ridge, New York

LOT OF 19: 1935 Pony Express Diamond Jubilee Memorial Medal (Coins)
As part of the celebrations planned for the 75th anniversary of the 1860 launch of the Pony Express service, the Oregon Trail Memorial Association engaged the Coin Department of the Scott Stamp & Coin Company of New York City to strike the "official memento of the Pony Express Diamond Jubilee." The Oregon Trail Memorial Association was the sponsor of the Pony Express Diamond Jubilee.
The Jubilee ran from 3 April to 24 October 1935 and featured a "re-ride" of the original Pony Express trail in August. The original 1966-mile trail had its eastern terminus in St. Joseph, Missouri and its western terminus in Sacramento, California. The re-ride was completed by approximately 300 members of the Boy Scouts (the Boy Scouts of America, coincidentally, was celebrating its 25th anniversary in 1935). The riders carried mail addressed to US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, an avid stamp collector, which was given to him after the ride in a ceremony on the White House lawn in Washington, DC.
The medal was struck in nickel-silver (i.e., nickel) and is 1.25 inches in diameter. The medal's obverse features a Pony Express rider in full gallop out on the trail, while the reverse depicts one of the many relay stations that were set up along the route so that riders could change horses, get food and water or get some rest if it was the end of their shift. It was designed by William Henry Jackson, the Research Secretary of the Oregon Trail Memorial Association.
The medal was sold for 25 cents which was noticeably less than the prices charged for the Association's commemorative half-dollars at the time. Commenting on the lower selling price for the medal vs. the prevailing prices of the coins, Howard Driggs, President of the Oregon Trail Memorial Association, stated that the Association "felt that these [coin] prices often excluded many from acquiring the commemorative mementoes and accordingly it was decided to price the official medal...at 25 cents, thus making it available to every boy who revels in western lore as well as to his parents." Funds raised from the sale of the medals was to be used to support the making and placing of markers along the Pony Express trail (similar to one of the intended purposes for the funds raised by sale of the commemorative half-dollars -- markers along the original Oregon Trail).
For a number of years after their issue, the Pony Express medal was often advertised alongside the commemorative coins, seemingly as a "must have" for collectors of the coin series.
--Overall condition for the 19 coin lot is either Near Mint or pretty close to it. There is not much in the way of scratches - if any. There may be some slight dirt on some of the coins, but that can probably easily be cleaned! See enclosed photos of actual coins being sold.
NOTE: The first 5 enclosed photos with red backround, are photos of the actual coins being sold. The last 2 enclosed photos with black background are stock photos only!
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