Atlanta 1996 Olympic High Jump silver dollar, a United States commemorative in 0.900 fine silver struck in proof at Philadelphia for the centenary of the modern Games.
The 1996 Games in Atlanta marked one hundred years since the first modern Olympiad in Athens in 1896. The United States Mint issued a programme of thirty two commemorative coins across 1995 and 1996, the largest it had ever produced for a single event.
The obverse by Calvin Massey shows an athlete clearing the bar with the Fosbury Flop. The reverse by Thomas D. Rogers carries the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games logo, used across all four of the 1996 Olympic silver dollars. The P mintmark below the logo marks the Philadelphia proof issue.
Specifications -
Year: 1996
Country: United States of America
Denomination: One dollar
Mint: Philadelphia, mintmark P
Quality: Proof
Composition: 0.900 fine silver, 90 per cent silver and 10 per cent copper
Actual silver weight: 0.7734 oz
Weight: 26.73 g
Diameter: 38.10 mm
Condition :
As struck and offered as found, with nothing retouched out of the photographs. The close up images are at full resolution so the surfaces can be judged directly.
Atlanta 1996 Olympic High Jump silver dollar, a United States commemorative in 0.900 fine silver struck in proof at Philadelphia for the centenary of the modern Games.
The 1996 Games in Atlanta marked one hundred years since the first modern Olympiad in Athens in 1896. The United States Mint issued a programme of thirty two commemorative coins across 1995 and 1996, the largest it had ever produced for a single event.
The obverse by Calvin Massey shows an athlete clearing the bar with the Fosbury Flop. The reverse by Thomas D. Rogers carries the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games logo, used across all four of the 1996 Olympic silver dollars. The P mintmark below the logo marks the Philadelphia proof issue.
Specifications -
Year: 1996
Country: United States of America
Denomination: One dollar
Mint: Philadelphia, mintmark P
Quality: Proof
Composition: 0.900 fine silver, 90 per cent silver and 10 per cent copper
Actual silver weight: 0.7734 oz
Weight: 26.73 g
Diameter: 38.10 mm
Condition :
As struck and offered as found, with nothing retouched out of the photographs. The close up images are at full resolution so the surfaces can be judged directly.
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