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This Uncirculated Silver Dollar has
been minted in accordance with the 1992
Olympic Commemorative Coin Act, which
was passed by Congress and signed into
public law by President George Bush on
Oct, 1990. This historic collectible,
legal tender of the United States, has
been specially minted to commemorate
the games of the 25th Olympiad, and to
help support the United States Olympic
movement.
The baseball silver dollar was part of a three-coin set issued for fund
raising purposes. Legislation provided
for the mint to strike and sell up to 4
million of these 90-percent silver
dollar coins, as well as 6 million
cupronickel clad half dollar coins.
The artwork was chosen from more than 1,000 submitted in completion for
the 1992 Olympic coin designs. The
obverse of the baseball coin, showing a
pitcher throwing a fastball to home
plate, is the work of free lance
illustrator John R. Deecken. The
reverse design of the dollar combines
the Olympic rings with the stars and
stripes and is the work of Marcel
Jovine.
After the coin was released, staff members of Krause Publications; the
nations largest hobby publisher, of
both baseball card guides and coin
collector magazine, discovered
similarities to the 1991 Fleer Nolan
Ryan card, down to the wrinkles in the
uniform. In 1866, Congress issued an
act stating that no living person can
be portrayed on American currency.
Because Ryan's name does not appear on
the coin, officially, the pitcher
depicted on the coin, is generic.
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