USA BLISTER COIN & PIN HALF DOLLAR OLYMPIC GAMES BASKETBALL IN SOUTH AFRICA

USA Blister Coin & Pin Half Dollar Olympic Games Basketball Atlanta 1995 Sport Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country: USA Metal Purity: Nickel Silver Box: Blister:ﾠYes Year of Issue: 1995 Weight: 11.34 CoA: Yes Face Value: Half Dollar Dimensions: 30.61 Quality: Brilliant UNC Mintage: New coin, blister may has some attritions Basketball contests at the 1996 Olympic Games were held from July 20, 1996 to August 4, 1996. Games took place in the Morehouse College Gymnasium and in the Georgia Dome. For the second straight Olympic games, the American men's team composed almost completely of NBA players won the gold medal.This was also the last Olympics before the founding of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in the United States, and it has been the only Summer Olympics to take place in a city with an NBA team ﾖ since the International Olympic Committee started allowing these professional players to compete ﾖ because Atlanta is the home of the Atlanta Hawks team. The Summer Olympics have never returned to the United States or to Canada (Toronto) since then. ____________________________________________________ Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.