Every two years, as the Olympic Games return—Summer and Winter—the world comes together to cheer on its athletes. Jerseys change, host cities rotate, but one tradition has quietly grown into a global hobby: collecting Olympic coins. From the early modern commemoratives struck for Helsinki in 1951–52 to the massive multi-coin programs for cities like Montreal, Moscow, Los Angeles, Barcelona, Beijing, London, Rio and beyond, host nations have used coins to share the spirit of the Games with collectors at home and around the world. With Milano Cortina 2026 on the horizon (February 6–22, 2026) and Los Angeles 2028 following soon…
