FOR THEY ARE FOREVER RELEVENT
1992 D OLYMPICS S$1, MINT STATE


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: MODERN COMMEMORATIVES
Item Description: S$1 1992 D OLYMPICS
Grade: NGC MS 70
Owner: RMK-Collectibles
 
Winning Set: FOR THEY ARE FOREVER RELEVENT
Date Added: 2/4/2013
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

In 1986 the International Olympic Committee chose to separate the winter and summer games which were held in the same year to every other two year period beginning in 1994. The 1992 summer games were then the last to be held in the same year.
DID YOU KNOW? The Olympic flame cauldron was lit by the Paralympic archer who shot a flaming arrow into it?
Following the reunification in 1990, Germany sent a unified team the first since 1924.
After being a demonstration event, Baseball became an Olympic sport. Cuba won the Gold Medal that year. Taipea the Silver Medal, and Japan the Bronze Medal. The cost of the Barcelona games in US Dollars was 11.4 billion in 2009 dollars.
Catalog # KM-234. NGC Universal ID: 28RL.Mintage: 187,552. Population: 141. Pre-issue Price: $24.00. Regular Price: $29.00.
In 1992 the Olympic Silver Dollar was issued for the XXV games held in Barcelona, Spain, Albertville, and Savoie, France. Surcharges from the sale of the commemorative coins was included in the prices of the coins and used to train American athletes.
The obverse of the silver dollar shoes a image similar to that of Nolan Ryan getting ready to throw a pitch. The image is erily similar to one on a 1991 Fleer baseball trading card. This was denied by the coins designer however. The reverse image is that of the Union Shield with olive branches to each side and of course the olympic ringgs above. What is notable about this coin is that it has edge lettering around it in four places reading, "XXV Olympiad.

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