United States
½ Dollar (Stone Mountain Memorial)
United States · Silver
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The Stone Mountain Memorial Half Dollar
In 1925 the U.S. Mint struck 2.3 million silver half dollars to bankroll a mountainside carving in Georgia. Within a year of the first strike, the sculptor had been fired, his models smashed, and a million unsold coins were trucked back to be melted. The carving wouldn't be finished for another 45 years.
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