Romania has issued commemorative silver pieces honoring Comăneci before, but this one arrives fifty years after her perfect 10 at the 1976 Montreal Olympics — the score the Longines scoreboard famously couldn't display, showing "1.00" because no one had programmed it to handle a 10. She was fourteen years old.
Romania has issued commemorative silver pieces honoring Comăneci before, but this one arrives fifty years after her perfect 10 at the 1976 Montreal Olympics — the score the Longines scoreboard famously couldn't display, showing "1.00" because no one had programmed it to handle a 10. She was fourteen years old.