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Rest in Peace
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My daughter had a friend visit from Mississippi and I gave him one for his birthday.
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I have two of these. This is the only one with pictures, the other has wear marks.  |
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Lovely coin fuzzy. Great avatar picture of it as well. I was hoping to have the same but could never seem to find it on the list
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I got the avatar before I got the coin or pictures. Forum Mom was able to make the avatar from stock photos. It matches pretty well with the coin I have.  BTW - I live about 12 miles from Stone Mountain  Edited by Fuzzy317
06/21/2012 01:07 am
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Fuzzy if you ever happen to go or have any I would love to see some pictures of the mountain.
Youre a lucky man with that avatar lol. It really does almost look like its of your coin
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Amazing. Thank you.
How big does it look in real life?
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You can't get really close to it, either across a pond or on the sky lift. The mountain itself is 825 feet (251 m) above the surrounding area. The carved area is larger than an American football field.
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06/21/2012 02:23 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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IndianGold - Can we see a pic of that one? I'm curious to see how its aged. Its great you can say where its been and who has had it since it was originally bought in 25. My Grandmother kept this coin in a leather coin change purse along with some Indian cents, V-Nics, a few foreign coins, and an 1853 arrows Half Dime (all of which I still have in that leather purse). So it got banged around over the years, clouded up from the leather in the purse, and received the 3 O'Clock rim ding when I dropped it on the kitchen floor at age 10. Even though it did not circulate, it now would carry an AU grade. Before it joined my 7070, it got dipped in Jeweluster to take the uglies off because of poor eye appeal as it was flat and dull looking. I did not expect to see the luster that still remained. This is one that has more sentimental value than monetary and was my choice for the album other than a nice MS coin. It will get passed down to my son one day with the history that goes with it.    |
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I dropped it on the kitchen floor at age 10 I hope you spent time in the corner for that!  Quote:
sentimental value Always has greater value than the $$ Thanks for sharing |
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Excellent sharing amongst the members regarding their personal connections to this great classic silver commemorative coin. Thanks for the comments and photos that made this thread valued to all of us. David |
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I know that many of the Stone Mountains entered circulation. But what I have often wondered is how many were used as pocketpieces by Civil Wars veterans or there children. There are also a if holed Stone Mountains out there too that may have been used as watch fobbs.
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I know that many of the Stone Mountains entered circulation. But what I have often wondered is how many were used as pocketpieces by Civil Wars veterans or there children. There are also a if holed Stone Mountains out there too that may have been used as watch fobbs. There were many counter stamped Stone Mountain Halves. Those would be the coins carried by the Confederate veterans and their families. This guy gives a good read on that. http://www.numismaticamericana.com/...alf-dollars/ |
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It does seem that not many high grades of this coin have survived for whatever reason probably a lot of vets using it for various reasons. Kind of surprised it doesn't carry a higher price with how hard it can be to track down
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That is one very worn coin.
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