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The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972.
The sporting nature of the event was largely overshadowed by the Munich massacre in the second week, in which eleven Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police officer at Olympic village were killed by Black September Palestinian terrorists.
Engraver: Doris Waschk-Balz
Obverse
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Depicts Federal Eagle, the country name, facial value and mint mark. BUNDES |
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Reverse
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Depicts Olympiastadion, as seen from above. The event and issuing date. OLYMPISCHE |
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The Olympic motto is the hendiatris Citius, Altius, Fortius, which is Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger". It was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin upon the creation of the International Olympic Committee in 1894. The motto was introduced in 1924 at the Olympic Games in Paris. CITIUS ALTIUS FORTIUS |
10 Deutsche Mark
Munich 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympiastadion in Munich
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Munich 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympiastadion in Munich
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