½ Dollar (Atlanta Olympics - Basketball) obverse½ Dollar (Atlanta Olympics - Basketball) reverse
United States

½ Dollar (Atlanta Olympics - Basketball)

United States · Copper

The coin

The story

The 1995 Olympic Basketball Half Dollar

In 1995, the U.S. Mint put a fast break on a fifty-cent piece — three players frozen mid-game — and sold it to help fund the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Almost nobody bought it. That quiet failure is the reason collectors want it today.

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