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The
models for this
coins were prepared by Gutzon Borgium.
The first coins were struck at Philadelphia on January 21,
1925, General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's birthday.
Generals Robert E. Lee and Jackson, mounted are shown on
the obverse. The funds received from the sale of this
issue of half dollars were devoted to the expense of
carving figures of Confederate leaders and soldiers on
Stone Mountain in Georgia.
The carving was completed and dedicated in 1970.
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