can you describe the design on the coin?
The obverse depicts the head of a cow, and reverse a yucca in bloom.
Old Spanish Trail half dollar
The obverse depicts the head of a cow
what does the term "old spanish trail half dollar" mean? It was a commemorative coin. of which country? The United States who designed it? L.W. Hoffecker who was he? A coin dealer where was it produced? United States Bureau of the Mint could you please elaborate on this institution? UNANSWERABLE
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Old Spanish Trail half dollar [SEP] Design
The obverse depicts the head of a cow, intended as a rebus for Cabeza de Vaca, of whom no portrait could be found. Instead, the literal translation of his title was used. There are no other design elements on the obverse, only lettering. Arlie Slabaugh in his volume on commemoratives found the obverse "unorthodox" but "it does what it was intended to do, tells the story and then stops, leaving a generally pleasing and uncluttered design". The reverse features a yucca in bloom, superimposed against a map of the five Gulf States, with a line intended to describe de Vaca's route, running from Florida to El Paso, which is the only place named.