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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 643449, member: 39&quot;]This is the very first &quot;Olympics&quot; coin, I think (apart from ancients <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ), issued in Finland for the games in Helsinki 1952:</p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/nmc2/68-35.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/nmc2/68-35.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/nmc2/68-35.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And since you mentioned Greece, let me add that apart from the gold coin (and a few silver pieces) the 2004 Olympics in Athens were also the occasion to issue the very first commemorative €2 coin:</p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/image8423.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/image8423.gif" rel="nofollow">http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/image8423.gif</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two pieces that do not feature the Olympic rings but tell an odd story. They commemorate the 1972 Olympics in Munich, and the first issue (there were six) says &quot;Games of the XX Olympiad in Germany&quot;. However, back then there was no &quot;Germany&quot; but two. The GDR (East G.) objected, saying that officially the host of the Olympics is a city, not a country. So the first issue had to come in a second variety, this time saying &quot;... in Munich&quot;. The other issues use the city name too.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.deutsche-sammlermuenzen.de/bmf/art/informationen/muenzgalerie/10DmOlympia/olympiade_1972_10dm_kl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://www.deutsche-sammlermuenzen.de/bmf/art/informationen/muenzgalerie/10DmOlympia/olympiade_1972_10dm_aufstockung_kl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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