The Olympic Games Handover to Rio £2 Coin can be found in your change: 845,000 coins dated 2012 were struck to enter circulation. When receiving a £2 coin in your change you have about a 1 in 701* chance of finding this coin.
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*Change checking chance is calculated based on the 2012 mintage for the Olympic Games Handover to Rio £2 and 592,788,543 (The total number of two pounds that have entered circulation). The actual chance of finding this coin in change will depend on how many are no longer in circulation. Damaged coins are removed from circulation and 2012 Olympic Games Handover to Rio £2's held in collections are effectively not in circulation at present.
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A baton being passed from one hand to another, accompanied by the conjoined Union and Brazilian Flags. Set against the background of a running track motif, with the London 2012 logo above and the surrounding inscription "LONDON 2012 RIO 2016"
Design by: Jonathan Olliffe
Edge Inscription: I CALL UPON THE YOUTH OF THE WORLD
Olympic Games Handover to Rio Coin Specification