This is an affordable memento of the countdown to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Available at just £5 – the coin’s actual face value – this coin is a great gift idea for family and friends as the excitement and anticipation grows around the greatest sporting event in the world.

• No risk – get a genuine collectors coin worth £5 for only £5!

• Limited –  a genuine legal tender coin only struck for one year

• Commemorating the greatest sports event of the world hosted by our country

• Issued by the Royal Mint – in original collectors packaging

Celebrate the exciting build-up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games with a UK legal tender £5 coin. This 2011-dated coin is the third of four Countdown Coins to be struck by the Royal Mint as we ‘count down’ to the Games. The Royal Mint is offering you the chance to own this £5 coin for just £5, making it a great keepsake of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The reverse features a design representing the sport of Cycling, specially created by Claire Aldridge, a Royal Mint engraver, while the obverse bears the Queen’s portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS.