1925 US Silver Commemorative 50C STONE MOUNTAIN - NGC MS 67+

1925 US Silver Commemorative 50C STONE MOUNTAIN

Certified NGC MS 67+

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About Stone Mountain Silver Half Dollars
The 1925 Stone Mountain Memorial Half Dollar was one of four different commemorative coins issued for the year. The coins were authorized to commemorate the soldiers of the south and recently passed President Warren G. Harding. Ultimately, the former president did not appear on the coin, which instead took focus on two heroes of the south.

The obverse of the Stone Mountain Half Dollar features an image of Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson on horseback. Inscriptions read IN GOD WE TRUST, STONE MOUNTAIN and 1925. On the reverse is pictured an eagle poised on a mountain crag with stars visible in the background. Inscriptions read MEMORIAL TO THE VALOR OF THE SOLDIER OF THE SOUTH, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, E PLURIBUS UNUM, LIBERTY and HALF DOLLAR.

Gutzon Borglum was the designer of both the obverse and reverse of the coin. He had been commissioned by the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial Association to create a monument to the leaders of the south on the large deposit of visible solid granite. His initial plans were for a carving 200 feet high and 1,300 feet wide. Completion of the monument would not take place until 1970 by a different sculptor and on a smaller scale.

About Early Commemorative Coins
Early Commemorative Coins were issued between the years 1892 and 1954 and have included primarily silver half dollars and gold dollars. Over the years additional denominations have been used including the silver quarter, silver dollar, several gold quarter eagles and one $50 gold piece. In total there were 50 different Silver Commemorative coin designs and 9 different Gold Commemorative coin designs. Each issue was typically authorized by an act of Congress which provided a specific maximum or minimum mintage requirement. Because legislation often did not specify otherwise, some Commemorative coin issues were produced in multiple years or struck at multiple mints.