2012 coin range unveiled 14/10/2010 |
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New 50 pence coins commemorating the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been launched.
The coins each feature one of 29 sports on the reverse and have been designed by people from England and Wales.
They were picked from almost 30,000 entries in a Royal Mint public competition.
London 2012 chairman Lord Coe said: "Coins are a part of the fabric of our daily life, so to have a range of coins designed specifically to celebrate London 2012 is a huge honour, made all the more special by the fact that members of the public have designed them.
"The 50ps will be part of a long-lasting, wide-reaching cultural legacy that will benefit the entire nation and I'm looking forward to finding the first one in my change and collecting the entire range."
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