Olympic Kilo Coin
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designed in silver by Tom Phillips for the Royal Mint 2011
photograph by David Parry/PA
The London 2012 Silver Kilo Coin
This powerful design for the first ever UK Silver Kilo Coin celebrates the team endeavour of the Olympic Games, furling pennants create a kind of celebratory sun for the Summer Olympic Games, while also recollecting the Olympic Flame.
It contains one kilo of silver
Has a low issue limit of just 2,012
It is presented in a specially designed presentation box accompanied by an individually numbered Certificate of Authenticity
(From the Royal Mint press release November 2011)
See an interview article by The Guardian's Maev Kennedy.