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½ Dollar (1992 Olympics)
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The 1992 Olympic Half Dollar
In 1992, the U.S. Mint sold a fifty-cent piece that was never meant to jingle in your pocket. Every coin carried a built-in donation to the athletes headed for Barcelona and Albertville — you paid a few dollars for a half dollar, and the extra went to the team.
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