THE Royal Mint will soon be producing the first UK coin ever designed by a child.Nine-year-old Florence Jackson beat more than 17,000 other youngsters to win the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have the Mint, in Llantrisant, produce her 50p coin.
The winning design will celebrate London 2012 and will be officially announced today at the end of a CBBC Blue Peter competition. The winning design depicts the high-jump, celebrating the Olympic and Paralympic sport of athletics, and is available to buy now as a limited edition commemorative coin from www.royalmint.com.
The design will be found on millions of 50 pence coins in people’s change next year.
“I am so excited. It was a real surprise to win,” said Florence, from Bristol. “It was amazing to visit the Royal Mint and see my picture turned into a coin. I can’t wait to see it in my pocket money.”
Florence’s winning design is the first in a series of 29 officially licensed London 2012, 50p designs by the nation that will act as lasting mementoes of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The remaining 28 designs will be revealed from 2010, the result of the Royal Mint’s biggest ever competition for the public to design the UK’s coinage. Each coin will depict a different Olympic or Paralympic sport.
Source: walesonline.co.uk
