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1964, Austria. Proof Silver 50 Schilling "1964 Winter Olympics" Coin. PR66 DCAM!

Mint Year: 1964 Mint Place: Vienna Reference: KM-2896. Condition: Certified and graded by PCGS as PR-66 Deep Cameo!  Denomination: 50 Schilling - 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsburck (Tyrol) Material: Silver (.900) Diameter: 34mm Weight:  20gm

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The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (French: Les IXes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) (German: Olympische Winterspiele 1964), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The Games included 1091 athletes from 36 nations, and the Olympic Torch was carried by Joseph Rieder, a former alpine skier who had participated in the 1956 Winter Olympics.

The Games were affected by the deaths of Australian alpine skier Ross Milne and British luge slider Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypeski, during training, and by the deaths, three years earlier, of the entire US figure skating team and family members.