The city of London hosted the 30th Summer Olympics in 2012 and to celebrate the Royal Mint of England issued a series of proof gold coins in advance. The three-coin release known as the Olympic Countdown featured 5 Pound Sterling gold coins with new designs on the reverse each year and a corresponding countdown number from three to one. Today, 2009 5 Pound Great Britain Olympic Countdown Gold Coins are available to you online from JM Bullion in perfect condition!

Coin Highlights:

• Available to you inside of a protective plastic slab from the NGC!
• 1st of 3 designs in the Olympic Countdown release!
• Limited mintage of 4,000 coins!
• Number of certified perfect coins is limited!
• Contains 1.1771 of actual gold content.
• The face value of 5 Pound Sterling is fully backed by the British government.
• Graded PF70 by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation.
• UCAM designation.
• On the obverse is Queen Elizabeth II.
• The reverse includes the image of two Olympic swimmers and the number “3.”

The Royal Mint of England’s Olympic Countdown release included three different designs on proof gold coins. Each of the reverse designs in the series featured Olympic athletes from different sports with a digitized number matching the date mark and years remaining until London hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics. For example, these 2009 Great Britain Olympic Countdown Gold Coins feature Olympic swimmers with the number 3.

All 2009 5 Pound Great Britain Olympic Countdown Gold Coins in this listing come with a perfect certification from the NGC. Coins in PF70 condition have full, original mint luster with no detracting flaws of any kind on the design elements and surface areas. The included UCAM designation stands for ultra-cameo and identifies the coins as having strong, frosted designs that contrast visually with the deeply-mirrored, clear background field.

On the reverse of the 2009 Great Britain Olympic Countdown Gold Coin is the image of Olympic swimmers. Two swimmers are depicted in a stylized design field swimming in opposite directions from one another. The two swimmers move through a large, digitized number “3” in the center of the design field. The three indicates the number of years until the 2012 Olympics and matches with the 2009 date mark.

The obverse of 2009 5 Pound Great Britain Olympic Countdown Coins includes the image of Queen Elizabeth II. This is the popular fourth-generation British design and was created in 1998 for the mint by Ian Rank-Broadley.

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