Virginia Coins
R.E. Lee-Stone Mountain
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
SILVER COMMEMORATIVES |
| Item Description: |
50C 1925 STONE MOUNTAIN |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 66 |
| Owner: |
Dutch1865 |
Owner Comments:
One of two US-minted coins with Robert E. Lee on them; the other being the Antietam commemorative. Lee and his horse, Traveller, are buried in Lexington at Lee Chapel on the campus of Washington & Lee University where Lee served as President from 1865 to his death in 1870. (See https://columns.wlu.edu/statement-regarding-the-relocation-of-plaques-to-a-new-exhibit-in-university-chapel/?utm_source=ingeniux&utm_medium=embed)