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I've written before about coin collecting, so many will know that I am collecting a full set of all the 50p, £1 and £2 coins we have had.
There is a particular challenge this year, as there are 29 2011 50p coins in circulation - each one with a different Olympic Sport on the reverse.
As well as football, hockey, archery, fencing, athletics, gymnastics, and so on, there are more unusual sports, such as:
There was a competition to design each of these coins, and details of all the winners are on the Royal Mint Website - www.royalmint.com
The Athletics coin, for example, was designed by 9-year old Florence Jackson from Bristol; and the Boxing coin was designed by Shane Abery, a delivery driver from Reading, who only entered to encourage his children to have a go.
So, if you see any of the new 50p coins, either:
start collecting them yourself, or let me have a look at them, and see whether I have already found them or not - I've got 12 of the 29 at the time of writing!
Also, I'm still looking for:
All help gladly received!