1925 Stone Mountain Memorial. MS-65 (PCGS).

1925 Stone Mountain Memorial. MS-65 (PCGS).，Soft satin luster mingles with delicate golden iridescence on both sides of this pleasingly original Gem. This half dollar type commemorates the beginning of a carving on Stone Mountain, Georgia, of a memorial to the soldiers of the Southern Confederacy who fought during the Civil War. The carving began on June 18, 1923, and is now regarded as the largest <em>bas-relief</em> sculpture in the world. It depicts three of the most famous Confederate leaders of the Civil War riding on their favorite horses: President Jefferson Davis and "Blackjack;" General Robert E. Lee and "Traveller;" and General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and "Little Sorrel." From a mintage of 2,310,000 half dollars, 1,310,000 were sold to raise funds for the monument.，From the A.J. Vanderbilt Collection. Acquired by gift from our consignors mother in the late 1930s.，