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2012 London Olympic Games Handover To Rio Piedfort £2 Silver Proof Coin NGC PF69 UC

SKU P2SC-017038
£399.95
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Product Details
UPC: 5026177297260
Product Code: LUKRHPF
Manufacturer: Royal Mint
Issuing Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2012
Monarch: Elizabeth II (1953 - 2022)
Collections: London Olympic Games
Series / Ranges: Handover to Rio
Denomination: £2
Metal: Silver
Purity: .925
Metal Content: 0.7137 Troy Ounce
Weight: 24.00 Grams
Diameter: 28.40mm
Quality: Silver Proof Piedfort
Mintage: 2,000 Worldwide
Grading Service: NGC
Grade: PF69 Ultra Cameo

In 2012, to celebrate the closing of the London 2012 Olympic Games and the Handover from London to Rio, the Royal Mint released a Limited Issue Handover to Rio Piedfort £2 Two Pound Silver Proof Coin struck in solid .925 Sterling Silver Certified Slabbed and Graded by NGC as PF69 Ultra Cameo.

The reverse designed by Jonathan Olliffe depicts two hands passing the Olympic Relay Baton while the obverse designed by Ian Rank Broadley is the stunning effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.

Piedforts are coins which have been specially struck on thicker than normal blanks.
As their name suggests they are closely associated with France, where from the twelfth century they were apparently issued by the Kings as presentation pieces.
In Britain the practice of striking piedforts is later and less frequent, but medieval and Tudor examples are known.

  • Limited Mintage of 2,000 Worldwide
  • Piedfort Double the Thickness and Weight of it's Standard Counterpart
  • Finished to Royal Mint's Proof Quality in Solid .925 Sterling Silver
  • Celebrating the London Olympic Handover from London to Rio
  • Certified Slabbed and Graded by NGC as PF69 Ultra Cameo
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