Los Angeles XXIII Olympiad dollar

Dollar
United States
Value 1 U.S. Dollar
Mass ? g
Diameter ? mm
Thickness ? mm
Edge Reeded
Composition 90%Ag / 10%Cu?
Years of minting 1983
Catalog number KM# 209
Obverse
Design Discus Thrower, In God We Trust, Liberty,Los Angeles, XXIII Olympiad,Olympic rings,1983, S (mint mark), EJ (designers Initials)
Designer Elizabeth Jones
Design date 1983?
Reverse
Design United States of America, One Dollar, E Pluribus Unum, a bald eagle, EJ-JIII (designers initials and again J with a E at a 90 degree turn)
Designer Elizabeth Jones
Design date ?

The Los Angeles XXIII Olympiad dollar was a commemorative one dollar coin minted by the United States to commemorate the 1984 Summer Olympic games held in Los Angeles. 174,074 of these coins were minted in Uncirculated or Proof finishes by all three of the United States mints: Philadelphia Mint, Denver Mint, San Francisco Mint. The coin was made of 90% silver and 10% copper.

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