Stone Mountain Memorial Half Dollar
Commemorative Coins
- Year of Issue: 1925
- Authorizing Legislation: Public Law 68-46
Background
The Stone Mountain Memorial Half Dollar was released in 1925 to commemorate the effort, begun in 1923, to carve the Stone Mountain Memorial in Georgia.
Characteristics
The obverse design features equestrian figures of generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson reviewing the Confederate armies.
The reverse features an eagle, emblematic of liberty, poised on a mountain crag with stars dimly visible in the background.
Obverse Inscriptions
- IN GOD WE TRUST
- STONE MOUNTAIN
- 1925
Reverse Inscriptions
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- E PLURIBUS UNUM
- MEMORIAL TO THE VALOR OF THE SOLDIER OF THE SOUTH
- LIBERTY
- HALF DOLLAR
Mint and Mint Mark
Artist Information
- Designer: Gutzon Borglum