1996 Olympic 2 Coin Set

I have two sets of Olympic coins. Both sets include

1 1996 High Jump Silver Dollar & 1 1996 Swimming silver Half Dollar

Both sets have some damage on the outer slip case but the COA's, the cases, and the coins are all in perfect condition.

I have been looking everywhere on the internet and am unable to find any mention of both these coins together in a set. I have read about both coins individually and another set with a High Jump and Rowing coin, but nothing about the above two in a set. Do you guys have any idea why this is and how much these sets might be worth?

 

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From which of the many countries issuing Olympic commems?

 

Roy,I think he is referring to the U.S. ones,as he is referring to a silver $1 & a $1/2.

Aidan.

 

http://www.pcgs.com/prices/frame.chtml?type=date&filename=mod_commem_sets

 

see, thats the thing. Its not Rowing and High Jump. Its swimming and high jump. And it is US. Sorry to leave that out.

 

You could always buy a Krause catalogue from www.amazon.com .

Aidan.

 

The Certificates of authenticities are both there for both sets. There is a swimming COA and a High Jump COA. How can I tell from these COA's that they don't belong with each other? Neither COA mentions anything about the other coin in the set. Why would someone switch the coins and COA's?


P.S. This was given to me as a gift in 1996 and I have never tampered with the set. To best of my knowledge they were bought this way.

 

They are both in the same case. I have two identical sets. Both with a swimming half dollar and a High Jump whole dollar. I have the correct COA's for both coins in both sets. Both of the sets are authentic. If the coins were somehow switched the certificates would have to have been switched to. If this is the case are my set worthless? Is it possible this was a manufacturing error? This is why I am so puzzled.

 

I went to the book store today and looked at some of the coin reference books. You are right, this set doesn't exist in the books. Which at first led me to believe it was a tampered-with set. But after looking at the sets that were made, one thing puzzled me. The inner placement for the set fits both coins. If it were the Rowing and High Jump set and it were tampered with then the Swimming half dollar wouldn't fit in the slot as perfectly as it does.

I will post pictures tomorrow and I appreciate any additional feedback anyone would have on this item. Thanks for the help all and i hope i am not being a pest.

 

At the very least your set is worth the sum total of the value of the individual coins. Seems odd though... these two coins were never issued in 2 coins sets with each other as far as I know. The only 2 coin set issued for the 1996 Olympics contained a proof gymnast dollar and a proof paralympics dollar.

Possibly the sets you have were assembled by a private individual or company out of the coins the Mint sold individually... would explain how you have sets the Mint never issued as you have them. Have no doubt the coins themselves are authentic but I don't think the Mint issued those sets as you have them.

 

Thanks for that tidbit. like i said, ill post pictures tomorrow to give an idea of the set. The set does have this on the cover slip "The United States Olympic Coins of the Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games" And then the US Seal above it. Once you remove the slip case there is another cardboard box which has the same seal and says "United States Mint" It seems so official, thats what is odd. I'll let you guys tell me what you think once i have the pictures up.

 

If that's not an officially issued Mint set, it's an extremely good imitation!

If it was really issued by the Mint, begs the question of why there's not a record of it being issued that way.

If it's not, begs the question of why someone would bother making it look like it was.

Either way, very mysterious...

 

PNowak, I would say that you should take this to your local coin shop and have them take a look at it. Make sure to point this oddity out to the dealer.

 

I brought it to a guy who owns a comic book/trading card/coin shop and at first he said that they issued about a dozen of the 2 coin 1996 coin sets. Then I told him he was wrong and he went in the back of the shop and came back up front and said that it has to be a set that someone had these spare set pieces laying around and these coins so they just put them together in one set. I asked what he would give me for the coins and he said about $30 a set.

Now my question is this: Does anyone know if the official 2 coin sets had one COA including two coins or two separate ones for each coin. That would help me a lot in determining whether or not this is a set the mint issued and maybe didn't record or something entirely different as that is one of the points the guy at the collectible store made. He basically shrugged the set off though which bothered me a bit as from what I was reading the individual High Jump dollar can go from $300-400 dollars. IF this was a mocked up set then the coin and COA is for the individual coin and worth more money. Please tell me if I'm wrong as i am obviosley new to coin collecting.

 

Yes - the two coin sets came with one COA containing info on both coins. So it sounds to me some one took individuals coins and put them together. I have two of the 2 coin sets - I remember getting mad because I could not keep track of which ones I had(ordered and not ordered).

 

Oh - a quick check on heritage shows the uncirculated ms69's going for between 200-300, but those auctions were years ago. The PR69 went for around 40.