Following closely on their highly successful United States representation of the Royal Canadian Mint’s Vancouver Olympic Games coin program, GovMint has now been selected by Britain’s Royal Mint to head up distribution of the London 2012 Olympic Games Commemorative Coin ...
The Royal Mint today officially launched its London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coinage Program in the U.S. at the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money being held this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center...
Our congratulations go to architecture student Saiman Miah who designed the Official London 2012 Olympic £5 coin. His design features the London skyline and the River Thames, with the pictograms of athletes placed around the outside of the design like a clock face, representing one of London's greatest icons—Big Ben. The official London 2012 Olympic emblem appears at the top of his design making this coin a beautiful keepsake of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The coin design features the London skyline and the River Thames within a central circle. Iconic buildings depicted include Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, the Gherkin, St Paul's Cathedral, the London Eye and the Tower of London, with London 2012 arching above. The outer ring of the design is synonymous with the London 2012 Games.
Each Olympic UK £5 coin is presented in a specially designed and informative wallet that sits within a silver-foiled slipcase detailing the coin’s design and specifications.
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London 2012 Olympic Paralympic £5 Coin
Pippa Sanderson, a student at Hereford College of Arts, won the Royal Mint competition to design the official UK £5 coin for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. This Official Paralympic coin has now been struck and features the elements of accuracy and speed within her design, as well as a section of the clock face of Big Ben, alluding to the host city of the 2012 Games — London.
The Paralympic coin design is a modern interpretation of some of the key skills we will enjoy watching during the Paralympic Games. The top left section of the coin features an archery target representing accuracy and the words 'London 2012', while the top right of the design shows spoked wheels representing movement. The bottom right section shows Big Ben representing London and the bottom left section of the coin features a stopwatch representing speed and the London 2012 Paralympic emblem.
Each Paralympic UK £5 coin is presented in a specially designed and informative wallet that sits within a gold-foiled slipcase detailing the coin's design and specifications.
As the torch is lit during the opening ceremonies on July 27th, an estimated 4 billion people will thrill
to the spectacle of the London 2012 Olympic Games. But this official Silver London 2012 Proof is so limited that less than one in every 500,000 of those viewers will ever be able to own one!
The Official London 2012 Sterling Silver Piedfort Proof has a stunning design featuring the London skyline and the River Thames, with pictograms of athletes placed around the outside of the design like a clock face, representing one of London's greatest icons—Big Ben. The official London 2012 Olympic emblem appears at the top of the design, decked out in the bold colors of the British Union Jack flag. These once-in-a-lifetime Olympic Games Proofs come in exclusive Royal Mint display boxes, along with individually serial-numbered certificates of authenticity.
The Sterling Silver Piedfort Proof is double the thickness and weight of typical British Silver Proofs—nearly two ounces of precious sterling silver! The race is on! Don't be left in the starting blocks.
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Official London 2012 Olympic Silver Proof
Now you can share the thrill of the London 2012 Games with the official legal tender Olympic £5 Silver Proof! The design features the London skyline and the River Thames, with pictograms of athletes placed around the outside of the design like a clock face, representing one of London's greatest icons—Big Ben. The official London 2012 Olympic emblem appears at the top of the design, making this coin a beautiful keepsake of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Each coin is struck in 22.28 grams of 92.5% silver and is presented in a deluxe British Royal Mint display case and comes with a mint certificate of authenticity. These are selling fast!
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Official London 2012 Olympic Gold-Layered Silver Proof
Now you can share the thrill of the London 2012 Games with the official legal tender Olympic £5 Silver Proof! The design features the London skyline and the River Thames, with pictograms of athletes placed around the outside of the design like a clock face, representing one of London's greatest icons—Big Ben. The official London 2012 Olympic emblem appears at the top of the design, making this coin a beautiful keepsake of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Each coin is struck in 22.28 grams of 92.5% silver and generously layered in 24K gold and is presented in a deluxe British Royal Mint display case and comes with a mint certificate of authenticity. These are selling fast!
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Official London 2012 Olympic £5 Gold Proof
In 1952, Finland issued the very first Official Olympic Games Commemorative coin. Since then, the host country for each games has claimed this special privilege for themselves. For the 2012 Olympics, the host country is Great Britain. And the Official Olympic Games Commemorative is this massive 22-karat gold proof. The central feature of this impressive gold proof shows the River Thames setting off the skyline of London, with its traditional icons like Big Ben and St. James, along with its newest: the Millennium Ferris wheel. Gathered around the periphery, twelve icons representing Olympic Games Sports highlight the design. At the peak rests the London 2012 Logo, decked out in the colors of Britain’s Union Jack flag. This once-in-a-lifetime memento for London 2012 shows deeply mirrored surfaces and frosted details. It’s housed in a specially designed high-quality case with a magnetic clasp exclusive to this gold proof. Each comes with a certificate of authenticity to confirm the extremely limited edition of only 5,000, the high gold content (over one ounce of pure gold) and giving the specifications for the coin. Don’t miss it!
