1984 P $1 Olympic Silver Dollar
Commemorative BU Olympic Dollar with original United States
Mint packaging.
The 1984 Olympics Commemorative Silver Dollar was the second
coin issued to mark the XXIII Olympiad held in Los Angeles, California. In the
prior year, a separate commemorative silver dollar had been issued featuring a
discus thrower.
The 1984 coin’s obverse depicts the Olympic Gateway, which
was the entrance of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Two headless sculptures
appear to either side of an Olympic flame on a lintel. The reverse of the coin
depicts a perched bald eagle with an olive branch. The coin was designed by
Robert Graham, who had created Olympic Gateway.
The obverse inscriptions include “Liberty”, “In God
We Trust”, “Los Angeles”, “XXIII Olympiad”, and the date “1984″.
The reverse inscriptions include “United Sates of
America”, the denomination “One Dollar”, and at the base of the eagles perch “E
Pluribus Unum”.
Coin Specifications
Designer: Robert Graham
Weight: 26.7300 g
Composition: 90% Silver (0.7736 ounces of silver)
Diameter: 38.1 mm
Mintage: 217,954