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5 Dollars XXIV Olympics
| Issuer | American Samoa |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars (5 USD) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The five interlocked Olympic rings are prominently displayed in the upper portion of the field, with an aerial perspective rendering of the Jamsil Olympic Stadium (Seoul) depicted below in fine detail. The curved legend XXIV OLYMPIAD SEOUL arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 5 DOLLARS is inscribed in large characters across the lower field. The fineness notation 1 TROY OUNCE and .999 FINE SILVER appear along the left and right inner borders respectively, completing the commemorative inscription. |
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American Samoa has no independent monetary authority — these issues were produced under license arrangements that allowed the territory's name to appear on coins actually struck for the collector market, not circulation. The 1988 Los Angeles Olympics had already passed four years prior; this coin references the Seoul Games, the XXIV Olympiad, which marked the return of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc nations after their 1984 boycott of Los Angeles.