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1 Dollar (Seoul Olympiad)
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The 1988 Seoul Olympiad Silver Dollar
In 1988, the U.S. Mint struck a silver dollar that asked Americans to buy a piece of the Olympics. Every coin carried a built-in surcharge that went straight to training Team USA for the Seoul Games. The art said it plainly: the Statue of Liberty's torch and the Olympic torch, two hands, one rising flame.
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