2008 PIEDFORT OLYMPIC GAMES HANDOVER SILVER TWO POUND PROOF COIN BOX + COA

Name: 2008 PIEDFORT OLYMPIC GAMES HANDOVER SILVER TWO POUND PROOF COIN BOX + COA
SKU: 3676
Price: 134.95 GBP
Availability: InStock

£134.95

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2008 ROYAL MINT

PIEDFORT

OLYMPIC HANDOVER BEIJING TO LONDON CEREMONY

SILVER PROOF TWO POUND COIN

BOX AND CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY

AT THE END OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES THE HOST COUNTRY HANDS OVER

THE OLYMPIC TORCH TO THE NEXT COUNTRY TO HOST THE OLYMPIC GAMES,

IN 2008 THE TORCH WAS HANDED OVER TO LONDON

THE TERM ‘PIEDFORT’, DERIVED FROM THE FRENCH LANGUAGE MEANING ‘FOOT’ AND ‘STRONG’. THE COIN IS DOUBLE THE NORMAL THICKNESS AND WEIGHT OF A

STANDARD COIN

DENOMINATION: TWO POUNDS

METAL: .925 SILVER HIGHLIGHTED WITH FINE GOLD

WEIGHT:24.00 GRAMS

DIAMETER: 28.40 MM

RESERVE DESIGNER: THE ROYAL MINT ENGRAVING TEAM

OBVERSE: IAN RANK-BROADLEY