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The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, mainly in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the second time that Los Angeles had hosted the Games, the first being in 1932.
The 1984 Games were boycotted by a total of fourteen Eastern Bloc countries, including the Soviet Union and East Germany, in response to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; Romania and Yugoslavia were the only Socialist European states that opted to attend the Games. Albania, Iran and Libya also chose to boycott the Games for unrelated reasons. Despite the field being depleted in certain sports due to the boycott, 140 National Olympic Committees took part in the 1984 Games, a record number at the time. The United States won the most gold and overall medals, followed by Romania and West Germany.
The 1984 Olympics Commemorative Silver Dollar was the second coin issued to mark the 1984 Olympic Games. In the prior year, a separate commemorative silver dollar had been issued featuring a discus thrower.
Design: Robert Graham
Obverse
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Depicts the entrance of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, surrounded by the inscriptions. L I B E R T Y |
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Reverse
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Depicts a perched bald eagle with an olive branch and its head turned over its left shoulder. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
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1 Dollar
Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics
Gateway to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics
Gateway to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum