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Bright yellow gold with satiny surfaces and strong underlying lustre.Along with the 1922 Grant issues—silver half dollars with and without star, and gold dollars of the same two design types—Laura Gardin Fraser also designed the 1921 Alabama Centennial half dollar (with and without 2X4 in field), and the Fort Vancouver Centennial half dollar. She also paired with her husband, James Earle Fraser (of Buffalo nickel renown) in designing the Oregon Trail half dollar series.
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