1970 Medal Stone Mountain Matte Bronze Medallic Art Co.

Coin Details

Auction Record

$336 SP68 11-09-2022 Stack's Bowers

Description

This 1970 matte bronze medal by Medallic Art Company commemorates Stone Mountain, the massive granite monadnock near Atlanta, Georgia, famous for its enormous bas-relief carving depicting Confederate leaders Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson on horseback. The carving, the largest bas-relief in the world, was begun by Gutzon Borglum (who later carved Mount Rushmore) in 1916 and completed by Walker Hancock and Roy Faulkner in 1972. The 1970 date of this medal places it during the final phase of the carving's completion, when public interest in the project was at its height. The matte bronze finish gives the medal a soft, sculptural quality appropriate to a subject that is itself a work of monumental sculpture. Stone Mountain has been a significant subject in American numismatics since the 1925 Stone Mountain Commemorative Half Dollar, and this Medallic Art Company medal continues the medallic documentation of the site. The medal captures Stone Mountain during its transformation from an incomplete monument to the finished memorial that would be dedicated in 1970.

Rarity Notes

Matte bronze. Medallic Art Co. Stone Mountain commemorative. Appeals to both medal collectors and Civil War/Southern history enthusiasts. Moderately scarce.

Cross References

PCGS #882471