Yugoslavia 500 Dinara Silver Coin 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympic Games, Slalom skiing

Coins of Yugoslavia 500 Dinara Silver Coin 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympic Games, Slalom skiing

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 slalom skier, 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: 38 mm
Weight: 23 grams
Thickness: 2 mm
Composition: .925 silver and .075 copper
Edge: Milled
Struck by Zlatara Majdanpek (ZM) and Zavod za izradu novcanica (ZIN)
Mintage (ZM): 35,997
Mintage (ZIN): 258
Issue Price: 5,125 Dinar ($45 US)

1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympic Coins

Ice Sports

100 Dinara, Ice hockey    100 Dinara, Figure skating    100 Dinara, Pair skating   

 100 Dinara, Speed skating

Snow Sports

100 Dinara, Bobsleigh    500 Dinara, Biathlon    500 Dinara, Cross-country skiing   

 500 Dinara, Downhill skiing    500 Dinara, Slalom skiing    500 Dinara, Ski Jumping   

Culture and History

250 Dinara, Josip Broz Tito         250 Dinara, Lepenski Vir sculpture   

 250 Dinara, Radimlja necropolis    250 Dinara, Jajce    250 Dinara, Sarajevo