Horses
USA - Delaware State Quarter


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Set Details
Coin Description: S10KW 1988 EQUESTRIAN
Grade: NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
Owner: brg5658
 
Set Category: Thematic & Topical Coins
Set Name: Horses
Slot Name: USA - Delaware State Quarter
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Purchased on 10/11/2011. The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. They were also the fourth Olympic Games to be held in autumn. A total of 160 nations were represented by a total of 8391 athletes: 6197 men and 2194 women. There were 263 events held in 27 sporting event categories, and 27,221 volunteers helped with the Olympics. The events were covered extensively by 11331 members of the media (4978 written press and 6353 television broadcasters). These were the last Olympic Games for two of the world's "dominating" athletic powers, the Soviet Union and East Germany. Both of these countries ceased to exist by the time of the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. North Korea, still officially at war with South Korea, and its allies, Albania, Cuba, Madagascar, and Seychelles boycotted the games. For differing reasons, Ethiopia and Nicaragua did not participate in the Games. However, the much larger boycotts seen in the previous three Summer Olympics were avoided, resulting in the largest ever number of participating nations to that date.

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