发行奥运会纪念币由来已久,目前已经成为国际惯例。古希腊人于公元前420年开始发行奥运题材的金银纪念币,历时逾千年,收藏界称这些纪念币为古代奥运会纪念币。1951年芬兰为了纪念第15届奥运会在赫尔辛基举办,发行了现代奥运会的第一枚纪念币——一枚刻有奥林匹克五环的银币,面值500芬兰马克。1964年奥地利为纪念第9届冬季奥运会在因斯布鲁克举行发 Issuing Olympic commemorative coins a long time ago, has now become an international practice. The ancient Greeks began issuing gold and silver commemorative coins for Olympic Games in 420 BC, which lasted for more than a thousand years. The collectors called these commemorative coins ancient coins of the Olympic Games. In 1951 Finland to commemorate the 15th Olympic Games held in Helsinki, the first commemorative coins issued a modern Olympic Games - a carved Olympic rings in silver, face value of 500 Finnish mark. 1964 Austria to commemorate the 9th Winter Olympic Games held in Innsbruck