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  • 1/2 Dollar 1992, KM# 233, United States of America (USA), Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics, Gymnastics
  • 1/2 Dollar 1992, KM# 233, United States of America (USA), Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics, Gymnastics
Description

The 1992 Olympic Half Dollar was issued along with separate gold and silver coins for the 1992 Summer Olympic Games.

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event played in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1992. Beginning in 1994, the International Olympic Committee decided to hold the games in alternating even-numbered years; as a result, the 1992 Summer Olympics were the last competition to be staged in the same year as the Winter Olympics. The games were the first to be unaffected by boycotts since 1972.

Obverse

Depicts a female gymnast in motion against the background of an American flag. Inscriptions read “In God We Trust”, “1991”, and “Liberty”. The Olympic rings with USA also appear.

At the 1992 Summer Olympics, two different gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics. In artistic gymnastics, the New Life rule was introduced at the Olympic Games. Under this rule, a gymnast's scores in the compulsory and optional rounds were not carried over to the all-around and apparatus finals. A gymnast's final standing in both the all-around and apparatus finals was based solely on the scores received by the gymnast during those competitions.

Design: William C. Cousins

IN GOD
WE TRUST
1992 USA
LIBERTY
WC

Reverse

Depicts an image of the Olympic torch and an olive branch. The inscriptions above and below read “United States of America” and “Half Dollar”. A central inscription reads “Citius Altius Fortius” which is Latin for “Faster, Higher, Stronger”.

Design: Steven M Bieda and John Mercanti

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CITIUS
ALTIUS
FORTIUS
E PLURIBUS
UNUM
S
SMB JM
HALF DOLLAR

Edge
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Copper Nickel Clad Copper
Weight 11.34 g
Diameter 30.61 mm
Thickness 1.75 mm
Shape round
Alignment Coin
Mints
Philadelphia Mint (P)
San Francisco Mint (S)

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