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Fantastic medal, cptbilly!

Many thanks, Hondo, jbuck, and GLB

Fantastic!

Oregon Centennial (1859 - 1959 ) Roseburg, OR, "Souvenir Money" - Trade Token - 50 cents
Obverse
Two concentric rings.
In the outer ring, flanked to the left by five-pointed star, the caption: 100th ANNIVERSARY 1859 CELEBRATION 1959 OREGON.
In the inner ring, factory smokestacks, possibly lumber or paper mills, are bellowing. Below, a Conestoga wagon pulled by oxen. Above the oxen, a whip is wielded by an unseen driver. Ahead of the wagon team, a woodcutter under a pine tree. A horseback rider is also under the tree. This scene is above a stylized banner with the words: FRONTIER OF THE FUTURE.
In the center are symbols of transportation: a cargo ship, freight train, and a passenger bus. A prominent fish out of water-- a salmon -- leaps near a dam's spillway. The falling water interlaces with power transmission line stanchions symbolizing the state's hydroelectric energy from the Bonneville Dam. In the background, a commercial airliner passes high above the unmistakeable profile of Mt. Hood.
Overlapping both rings is an Oregon State Seal.

Reverse
Lettering:
TIMBER CAPITAL OF THE NATION
Good for 50¢ in trade at any cooperative business or redeemable at face value at the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce until 3 P.M. Thursday, September 17, 1959 Roseburg, ORE
• SOUVENIR CENTENNIAL MONEY •

Nice token, cptbilly!