½ Dollar Atlanta Olympics - Basketball

Features

Issuer United States
Period Federal republic (1776-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1995
Value ½ Dollar = 50 Cents (0.50 USD)
Currency Dollar (1785-date)
Composition Copper-nickel clad copper
Weight 11.34 g
Diameter 30.61 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number N# 30790
References KM# 257
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games - Basketball

Obverse

The obverse of the coin depicts three young basketball players competing in the Olympic Games.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTY
XXVI
1995
OLYMPIAD
USA
IN GOD WE TRUST

Engraver: Alfred F. Maletsky

Alfred F. Maletsky (1943, Easton, Pennsylvania, US) is an American sculptor and engraver. He worked as an engraver at the Franklin Mint between 1976 and 1992, and then at the US Mint in Philadelphia from 1993.

Designer: Clint Hansen

Reverse

The symbol for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games in the center of a map.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
HALF DOLLAR
100
Atlanta
E PLURIBUS UNUM

Engraver: T. James Ferrell

T. James Ferrell (born in 1939, in Clayton, New Jersey) graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In 1969 he joined the staff of medallic artists at the newly founded Franklin Mint. In August 1989, he moved to the United States Mint in Philadelphia.

Edge

Reeded

Mint

S United States Mint, San Francisco, United States (1854-date)

Comments

The 1995 Olympic Basketball Half Dollar was part of ambitious coin program issued for the XXVI Olympiad Summer Games held in Atlanta, Georgia. A total of 16 different coin designs were issued over the course of two years.

The 1995 Olympic Basketball Half Dollar had a maximum authorized mintage of 2,000,000 coins and was issued in uncirculated and proof versions. Both versions were minted at the San Francisco Mint. The coins ultimately sold 171,001 uncirculated coins and 169,655 proof coins. They were offered by the US Mint individually or as part of several different multi-coin sets.

1995-S Uncirculated Basketball Half Dollar
Pre-Issue Price: $10.50
Regular Price: $11.50
Final Mintage: 171,001

1995-S Proof Basketball Half Dollar
Pre-Issue Price: $11.50
Regular Price: $12.50
Final Mintage: 169,655

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1995 S 171 001 $ 13 46%
1995 S 169 655 $ 13 64% Proof

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