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500 Dinara Olympics - Fencers
| Issuer | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Diameter | 38.8 mm |
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| Obverse description | The Coat of Arms of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is displayed prominently in the upper field, with the historic Stari Most (Mostar Bridge) depicted below. The date 1996 appears to the right of the bridge, accompanied by the Pobjoy Mint mintmark. The circular legend REPUBLIKA BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA runs along the periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIKA BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA 1996 |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina issued this coin in 1996 while still in the immediate aftermath of the Siege of Sarajevo, which had ended only months earlier in February of that year with the Dayton Agreement. The country was simultaneously rebuilding civil infrastructure and, remarkably, fielding athletes at the Atlanta Summer Games — its first Olympic participation as an independent nation.
KM#55 is one of several Olympic-themed issues from this series, struck for the collector market rather than circulation.