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    These Silver Half Dollars sell for $80 today. You will easily find more information on laptops. Funds were raised in 1925 but real progress was delayed until the 60s.

    The Rock had no real value before 1920 and I am trying to locate the story about someone trading a shotgun for the entire mountain. The value was in the granite stone which runs for miles under a few feet of topsoil.

    I watched the progress in the 60s and as a teenager climbed the mountain numerous times before security gates were installed.

    Conclusion: I did not know about the coins until recently while reading the 1925 newspaper. All kind of information has faded into the fog of history.
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( July 26th, 2017 @ 8:33 am )
 


Here is an interesting history of the coin. Jefferson Davis was not included in the design on the coin so Jackson and Lee could be enlarged to better fit the round coin.

When the coin design was presented the Secretary of the Treasury asked Gutson Borglum why he placed the motto "In God We Trust" over the head of Robert E. Lee.

Borglum said: "Because they did trust Him, and were sincere in their belief that they were right."

Then Borglum was asked what the significance of the thirteen stars.

Borglum replied with a chuckle according to the folklore: "It depends on which side of Mason Dixon's line you happen to live. They could, of course, stand for the thirteen rebellious Colonies."

Carved in Stone ISBN: 0-89554-547-2 [Mercer University Press 1968]



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