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2012 Gold Proof £2 - Handover to Rio
2012 Gold Proof £2 Coin commemorating the London to Rio Olympic Games handover. Obverse: the portrait of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS. Reverse: a design by Jonathan Olliffe depicting a baton being passed from one hand to another with both the Union flag of the UK and the Brazilian flag joined at their corners. A running track appears in the background with the London 2012 logo above, and the inscription 'LONDON 2012 RIO 2016' encircling the design. The edge inscription reads 'I CALL UPON THE YOUTH OF THE WORLD'. 771 issued. S.LO32
2012 Gold Proof £2 Coin commemorating the London to Rio Olympic Games handover. Obverse: the portrait of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS. Reverse: a design by Jonathan Olliffe depicting a baton being passed from one hand to another with both the Union flag of the UK and the Brazilian flag joined at their corners. A running track appears in the background with the London 2012 logo above, and the inscription 'LONDON 2012 RIO 2016' encircling the design. The edge inscription reads 'I CALL UPON THE YOUTH OF THE WORLD'. 771 issued. S.LO32