I just found another story about collector coin for 2012 London Olympic Games by Royal Mint, London. Olympic coin and banknote are one of the good investment since Olympic only been held in 4 years time. It is also hard to get hold of this coin since not many of this Olympic coin been produced each time. I try to find if there is any Olympic coin collector webpage but the best I can found is this official website of the Olympic movement. This official website give some information about all the memorabilia and Olympism. Below is the original story and picture of the coin from times online.
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Llantrisant: The Royal Mint has produced a collector’s coin to count down to the 2012 Olympic Games. The gold and silver versions are the first UK £5 coins to feature the Olympic rings and logo in full colour, said the mint, based in Llantrisant, South Wales.
The coin has images of swimmers racing to the finishing line, while the border design represents the Olympic Stadium in East London as seen from above.
A new coin in gold, silver and cupronickel will be launched each year until the Games. There are 4,000 gold proof coins costing £1,295 each, 30,000 silver proof coins at £54.95 each and 500,000 cupronickel coins at £9.95 each.
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If any of you knew any website from personal collector of Olympic coin please do give me the link in comment or via e-mail. I can see from the official website of the Olympic movement, Olympic coin started with 1951 Helsinki Olympic coin. The design of the Helsinki Olympic coin is simple but has a big mark in history of Olympic collectibles history. With small mintage for everyone in this world, it price will surely skyrocket everytime Olympic is coming.
