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- The Stone Mountain Memorial half dollar was an American fifty-cent piece struck in 1925 at the Philadelphia Mint. Its main purpose was to raise money on behalf of the Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association for the Stone Mountain Memorial near Atlanta, Georgia. Designed by sculptor Gutzon Borglum, the coin features a depiction of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson on the obverse and the caption: "Memorial to the Valor of the Soldier of the South" on the reverse. The piece was also originally intended to be in memory of the recently deceased president, Warren G. Harding, but no mention of him appears on the coin. In the early 20th century, proposals were made to carve a large sculpture in memory of General Lee on Stone Mountain, a huge rock outcropping. The owners of Stone Mountain agreed to transfer title on condition the work was completed within 12 years. Borglum, who was, like others involved, a Ku Klux Klan member, was engaged to design the memorial, and proposed expanding it to include a colossal monument depicting Confederate warriors, with Lee, Jackson, and Confederate President Jefferson Davis leading them. The work proved expensive, and the Association advocated the issuance of a commemorative half dollar as a fundraiser for the memorial. Congress approved it, though to appease Northerners, the coin was also made in honor of Harding, under whose administration work had commenced. Borglum designed the coin, which was repeatedly rejected by the Commission of Fine Arts. All reference to Harding was removed from the design by order of President Calvin Coolidge. The Association sponsored extensive sales efforts for the coin throughout the South, though these were hurt by the firing of Borglum in 1925, which alienated many of his supporters, including the United Daughters of the Confederacy. A 1928 audit of the fundraising showed excessive expenses and misuse of money, and construction halted the same year; a scaled-down sculpture was eventually completed in 1970. Because of the large quantities issued—over a million remain extant—the Stone Mountain Memorial half dollar remains inexpensive compared with other U.S. commemoratives. (en)
- 石山纪念半美元（英語：Stone Mountain Memorial half dollar）是费城铸币局1925年生产的银质50美分硬币，发行主旨是代表石山邦联纪念碑协会为亚特兰大附近的石山纪念馆建设筹资。银币由雕塑家格特森·博格勒姆设计，正面是邦联将领罗伯特·李和石墙杰克森的肖像，背面还有铭文“纪念南方将士的勇猛.”。纪念币起初的发行目的还包括纪念当时去世不久的沃伦·盖玛利尔·哈定总统，但最终成币上没有同他有关的内容。 20世纪初，许多人提议在石山雕刻大型雕塑纪念李将军。石山的业主表示，只要雕塑能在12年内完成，他们就同意将其改建成纪念碑。博格勒姆和项目的其他许多参与者都是三K党人，获聘设计纪念碑后，他提议加大雕像规模，以巨型纪念碑描绘大批邦联军人，并由李、杰克森和邦联总统杰佛逊·戴维斯在前领导。 事实证明，整个项目代价高昂，纪念碑协会于是寻求发行半美元纪念币来为雕像筹资。法案获国会批准，并且为争取北方人士支持还加入纪念哈定的内容，石山纪念碑项目就是在他任内启动。博格勒姆的设计方案多次遭美国美术委员会否决，另经卡尔文·柯立芝总统要求，硬币上所有同哈定有关的内容全部移除。 纪念碑协会在南方各地为纪念币发售投入大量资源，但1925年解雇博格勒姆之举得罪了雕塑家的许多支持者，其中还包括。1928年针对筹款开展的审计工作结果表明，支出项目过多、资金使用不当的情况大量存在，纪念碑的建设也在同年停工，最终直到1970年才完成，但规模已经大幅缩减。石山纪念半美元的发行量很大，至今仍有上百万枚留存，所以其价值同其他美国纪念币相比明显偏低。 (zh)
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- The Stone Mountain Memorial half dollar was an American fifty-cent piece struck in 1925 at the Philadelphia Mint. Its main purpose was to raise money on behalf of the Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association for the Stone Mountain Memorial near Atlanta, Georgia. Designed by sculptor Gutzon Borglum, the coin features a depiction of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson on the obverse and the caption: "Memorial to the Valor of the Soldier of the South" on the reverse. The piece was also originally intended to be in memory of the recently deceased president, Warren G. Harding, but no mention of him appears on the coin. (en)
- 石山纪念半美元（英語：Stone Mountain Memorial half dollar）是费城铸币局1925年生产的银质50美分硬币，发行主旨是代表石山邦联纪念碑协会为亚特兰大附近的石山纪念馆建设筹资。银币由雕塑家格特森·博格勒姆设计，正面是邦联将领罗伯特·李和石墙杰克森的肖像，背面还有铭文“纪念南方将士的勇猛.”。纪念币起初的发行目的还包括纪念当时去世不久的沃伦·盖玛利尔·哈定总统，但最终成币上没有同他有关的内容。 20世纪初，许多人提议在石山雕刻大型雕塑纪念李将军。石山的业主表示，只要雕塑能在12年内完成，他们就同意将其改建成纪念碑。博格勒姆和项目的其他许多参与者都是三K党人，获聘设计纪念碑后，他提议加大雕像规模，以巨型纪念碑描绘大批邦联军人，并由李、杰克森和邦联总统杰佛逊·戴维斯在前领导。 事实证明，整个项目代价高昂，纪念碑协会于是寻求发行半美元纪念币来为雕像筹资。法案获国会批准，并且为争取北方人士支持还加入纪念哈定的内容，石山纪念碑项目就是在他任内启动。博格勒姆的设计方案多次遭美国美术委员会否决，另经卡尔文·柯立芝总统要求，硬币上所有同哈定有关的内容全部移除。 (zh)
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