½ Dollar Stone Mountain Memorial

Features

Issuer	United States (US territories United States)
Ruling authority	Federal republic (1776-date)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	1925
Value	½ Dollar = 50 Cents (½ USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Silver (.900)
Weight	12.5 g
Diameter	30.61 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Number	N# 4399
References	KM# 157 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes). , PCGS# 9378 PCGS CoinFacts (https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts) , Greysheet# 10367 Greysheet (https://www.greysheet.com/coin-prices)

Commemorative issue

Stone Mountain Memorial

Obverse

Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson on horseback

Script: Latin

Lettering:
IN GOD WE TRUST
STONE MOUNTAIN
1925

Engraver: Gutzon Borglum

Reverse

An eagle poised on a mountain crag with stars visible in the background and the denomination at the bottom

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
MEMORIAL TO THE VALOR OF THE SOLDIER OF THE SOUTH
LIBERTY
HALF DOLLAR

Engraver: Gutzon Borglum

Edge

Reeded

Mint

United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)

Comments

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.

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.

The 1925 Stone Mountain Half Dollars had a maximum authorized mintage of 5 million coins in order to raise funds for the project. This represented the highest authorized mintage since the 1892 Columbian Half Dollar. Despite a large number of enthusiastic supporters, sales were ultimately 1,314,709.

Authorization: Public Law 68-46
Maximum Authorized Mintage: 5,000,000

A different design was ultimately used for the actual sculpture on Stone Mountain.

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References
Undetermined
1925			1 314 709			$ 32	$ 32	$ 47	$ 55	$ 78

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 69 Lot 3202	29 Oct 2022	UNC	USD 70.54 (EUR 62.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 149 Lot 3368	8 Feb 2025	AU	USD 54.61 (EUR 48.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 141 Lot 4239	25 Oct 2024	AU	USD 47.78 (EUR 42.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 106 Lot 1129	27 Dec 2023	AU	USD 87.60 (EUR 77.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 84 Lot 1400	27 May 2023	AU	USD 55.75 (EUR 49.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 138 Lot 3256	27 Sep 2024	XF	USD 63.71 (EUR 56.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 128 Lot 1916	3 Jun 2024	XF	USD 72.81 (EUR 64.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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