Toyko 2020 Olympic - Rowing 50p Coin
Toyko 2020 Olympic - Rowing 50p Coin
- Celebrating the postponed 2020 Summer Olympic Games
- Issued on behalf of the Gibraltar Government
- Incredible low issue limit of 3,750
- Coin is presented in a colourful presentation pack
To commemorate the Summer Olympic Games which were meant to take place in 2020, Pobjoy Mint is pleased to announce the release of a new 50pence series produced on behalf of the Government of Gibraltar. The Games of the XXXII Olympiad were awarded to Tokyo on 7th September 2013 and were planned to take place between July 24th and August 9th, 2020. However, the Olympics were postponed by a year because of the growing spread of coronavirus across the world. The delayed games will now begin on July 23rd 2021. It is the first time in the event’s history it has been postponed, with more than 11,000 athletes from about 200 countries scheduled to take part. The full set includes all (5) five individual coins in the series featuring the following sports: -Cycling -Sprinting -Rowing -Kayak -Equestrian
Rowing
Rowing has been part of the competition since its debut in the 1900 Summer Games, although it was on the programme for the 1896 Olympics but was cancelled due to the bad weather. The design shows a men’s coxless pair.