The 2009 UK 'Countdown to London 2012' £5 for £5 pack

Available at just £5 - the coin’s actual face value - it makes a perfect keepsake for family and friends.

Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime chance to own the first of four coins that count down to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The 2009 coin marks the start of the 3, 2, 1 countdown to London 2012 and represents the much-loved sport of Swimming, finely crafted onto a UK legal tender £5 coin, with the Queen’s portrait on the obverse.

The reverse features a design representing the sport of Swimming, specially created by Claire Aldridge, a Royal Mint engraver, while the obverse bears the Queen’s portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS.