FOR THEY ARE FOREVER RELEVENT
1995 D OLYMPICS/CYCLING S$1, MINT STATE


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: MODERN COMMEMORATIVES
Item Description: S$1 1995 D OLYMPICS - CYCLING
Grade: NGC MS 70
Owner: RMK-Collectibles
 
Winning Set: FOR THEY ARE FOREVER RELEVENT
Date Added: 8/5/2013
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

1896, the birth of the Modern Olympics had cycling with a road race and five track events. Women's cycling did not enter the Olympics until the 1984 Olympic Games.
FAST FACT: 2012 Summer Olympics were the first where men and women competed in the same number of events in all cycling disciplines. The 1995 Olympic Cycling Silver Dollar commemorative was one of 16 coins issued to commemorate the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. The coins were released over a 2 yr. period
The Cycling coin was issued in both the proof and uncirculated forms and an authorized max mintage of 750,000. This coin had the lowest mintage of any of the 1995 silver dollars minted.
The pre-issue price: $27.95. Regular Price: $31.95.
Population: 231. NGC UNIVERSAL ID: 28TF. Catalog #KM-263. Mintage: 19,662.

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