Yugoslavia 100 Dinara Silver Coin 1983 Figure skating 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympic Games

Figure skatingCoins of Yugoslavia 100 Dinara Silver Coin 1983 Figure skating 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympic Games

Coins of Yugoslavia 100 Dinara Silver Coin 1983 Figure skating 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympic Games

At the time, Sarajevo was the second largest city to host the Olympic Winter Games. These were the first Winter Olympic Games that featured gold coins. Marja-Liisa Haemaelaeinen of Finland was the first woman to win three gold medals in cross country skiing. Katarina Witt won her first Olympic gold medal in Figure Skating, and figure skating duo Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Gold Medal, and performed to the music of Ravel’s Bolero.

Obverse Design: The Olympic emblem of Sarajevo (The emblem symbolizes a stylized snowflake, as well as the embroidery produced in the Sarajevo region with the Olympic rings above.), the emblem of Yugoslavia, and a Cyrillic legend, meaning: “The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia”

Reverse Design: A figure skater, and the legend, “XIV Zimske Olimpijske Igre Sarajevo ‘84”, meaning: “XIV Olympic Winter Games Sarajevo ‘84”.

The artists for all Reverse Designs were Nebojsa Mitric, Dragisa Andric, Dragomir Mileusnic, Djordje Jovanovic, and Ljubisa Mancic. The artist for all Obverse Designs was Nebojsa Mitric.

Diameter: 30 mm
Weight: 13 grams
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Composition: .925 silver and .075 copper
Edge: Milled
Struck by Zlatara Majdanpek (ZM) and Zavod za izradu novcanica (ZIN)
Mintage (ZM): 58,697
Mintage (ZIN): 17,614
Issue Price: 3,375 Dinar ($29.50 US)

1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympic Coins

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