Olympic Hand Over Coin From London 2012 to Rio 2016
This silver plated coin is to commerate the Olympic Hand over from London to Rio The other side has an image of London with Tower Bridge and an image of Rio the Statue of Christ It has the words Londres 2012 and Rio 2016 with the word Brasil One Side has the Olympic Flag with the Olympic Rings
The Medal is 40mm in diameter, weighs about 1 oz.
Comes in air-tight acrylic holder
In Excellent Condition
Would make an Excellent Gift or Collectable Keepsake souvineer of the worlds most famous and greatest sporting event I have a lot of Coins on Ebay Check out my other items !
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2016 Summer Olympics (Portuguese: Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016),[a]
officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, and commonly known
as Rio 2016, is a major international multi-sport event in the tradition
of the Olympic Games due to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5
to 21 August 2016. A record number of countries are participating in a
record number of sports. More than 10,500 athletes from 206 National
Olympic Committees (NOCs), including first time entrants Kosovo and
South Sudan, are scheduled to take part.[1] With 306 sets of medals, the
games will feature 28 Olympic sports — including rugby sevens and golf,
which were added by the International Olympic Committee in 2009. These
sporting events will take place at 33 venues in the host city and at 5
venues in the cities of São Paulo (Brazil's largest city), Belo
Horizonte, Salvador, Brasília (Brazil's capital), and Manaus. These
will be the first Summer Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of
Thomas Bach.[1] The host city of Rio de Janeiro was announced at the
121st IOC Session held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 October 2009. Rio
will become the first South American city to host the Summer Olympics.
These will be the first games to be held in a Portuguese-speaking
country, the first to be held entirely during the host country's winter
season (the 2000 games began on 15 September – five days before the
Southern Hemisphere's vernal equinox), the first since 1968 to be held
in Latin America, and the first since 2000 (and third overall) to be
held in the Southern Hemisphere.[2] The lead-up to these games
have been marked by political controversies—including the corruption and
instability of the country's federal government, as well as prominent
health and safety concerns surrounding the Zika virus and significant
pollution in the Guanabara Bay. Rio de Janeiro (/ˈriːoʊ di
ʒəˈnɛəroʊ, -deɪ ʒə-, -də dʒə-/; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁi.u dʒi
ʒɐˈnejɾu];[2] River of January), or simply Rio,[3] is the second most
populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth most populous in the
Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan
area, the second most populous metropolitan area in Brazil and seventh
most populous in the Americas. Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the
state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's third most populous state. Part of the
city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de
Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", by UNESCO
on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape.[4] Founded in 1565 by
the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio
de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. Later, in 1763, it became
the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire.
In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court transferred itself from
Portugal to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the chosen seat of the court
of Queen Maria I of Portugal, who subsequently, in 1815, under the
leadership of her son, the Prince Regent, and future King João VI of
Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a kingdom, within the United
Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and Algarves. Rio stayed the capital of the
pluricontinental Lusitanian monarchy until 1822, when the War of
Brazilian Independence began. This is one of the few instances in
history that the capital of a colonising country officially shifted to a
city in one of its colonies. Rio de Janeiro subsequently served as the
capital of the independent monarchy, the Empire of Brazil, until 1889,
and then the capital of a republican Brazil until 1960 when the capital
was transferred to Brasília. Rio de Janeiro has the second
largest municipal GDP in the country,[5] and 30th largest in the world
in 2008,[6] estimated at about R$343 billion (IBGE, 2008) (nearly US$201
billion). It is headquarters to Brazilian oil, mining, and
telecommunications companies, including two of the country's major
corporations—Petrobras and Vale—and Latin America's largest telemedia
conglomerate, Grupo Globo. The home of many universities and institutes,
it is the second-largest center of research and development in Brazil,
accounting for 17% of national scientific output according to 2005
data.[7] Rio de Janeiro is one of the most visited cities in the
Southern Hemisphere and is known for its natural settings, Carnival,
samba, bossa nova, and balneario beaches[8] such as Barra da Tijuca,
Copacabana, Ipanema, and Leblon. In addition to the beaches, some of the
most famous landmarks include the giant statue of Christ the Redeemer
atop Corcovado mountain, named one of the New Seven Wonders of the
World; Sugarloaf Mountain with its cable car; the Sambódromo
(Sambadrome), a permanent grandstand-lined parade avenue which is used
during Carnival; and Maracanã Stadium, one of the world's largest
football stadiums. Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Summer
Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics—the first time a South American
and Portuguese-speaking country will host these events, and the third
time the Olympics will be held in a Southern Hemisphere city.[9] The
Maracanã Stadium held the finals of the 1950 and 2014 FIFA World Cups,
the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, and the XV Pan American Games. The
2012 Summer Olympics, formally the Games of the XXX Olympiad[2] and
commonly known as London 2012, was a major international multi-sport
event celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games, as governed by
the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It took place in London and
to a lesser extent across the United Kingdom from 25 July to 12 August
2012. The first event, the group stage in women's football began on 25
July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, followed by the opening
ceremonies on 27 July.[3][4] 10,768 athletes from 204 National Olympic
Committees (NOCs) participated.[5] Following a bid headed by
former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe and then-Mayor of London Ken
Livingstone, London was selected as the host city on 6 July 2005 during
the 117th IOC Session in Singapore, defeating bids from Moscow, New York
City, Madrid, and Paris.[6] London is the first and only city thus far
to host the modern Olympic Games three times,[7][8] having previously
done so in 1908 and in 1948.[9][10] Construction for the Games
involved considerable redevelopment, with an emphasis on
sustainability.[11] The main focus was a new 200-hectare (490-acre)
Olympic Park, constructed on a former industrial site at Stratford, East
London.[12] The Games also made use of venues that already existed
before the bid.[13] The Games received widespread acclaim for
their organisation, with the volunteers, the British military and public
enthusiasm praised particularly highly.[14][15][16] The opening
ceremony, directed by Danny Boyle, received widespread acclaim
throughout the world, particular praise from the British public and a
minority of widely ranging criticisms from some social media
sites.[17][18] During the Games, Michael Phelps became the most
decorated Olympic athlete of all time, winning his 22nd medal.[19] Saudi
Arabia, Qatar, and Brunei entered female athletes for the first time,
so that every currently eligible country has sent a female competitor to
at least one Olympic Games.[20] Women's boxing was included for the
first time, thus the Games became the first at which every sport had
female competitors.[21] They were also the first Olympics where every
participating country included female athletes.[22][23] These were the
final Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Jacques Rogge. The
final medal tally was led by the United States, followed by China and
host Great Britain. Several world and Olympic records were set at the
games. Though there were several controversies, the 2012 games were
deemed highly successful with the rising standards of competition
amongst nations across the world, packed stadiums and smooth
organisation. Furthermore, the focus on sporting legacy and post-games
venue sustainability was seen as a blueprint for future Olympics. London
Listeni/ˈlʌndən/ is the capital and most populous city of England,
Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.[3][4] On the River Thames in the
south east of the island of Great Britain, London has been a major
settlement for two millennia. It was founded by the Romans, who named it
Londinium.[5] London's ancient core, the City of London, largely
retains its 1.12-square-mile (2.9 km2) medieval boundaries. Since at
least the 19th century, "London" has also referred to the metropolis
around this core,[6] which now forms the county of Greater
London[7][8][note 1] governed by the Mayor of London and the London
Assembly,[9][note 2][10] historically split between Middlesex, Essex,
Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire.[11][12][13] London is a leading
global city,[14][15] in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment,
fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and
development, tourism, and transport.[16][17][18] It is one of the
world's leading financial centres[19][20][21] and has the fifth-or
sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP in the world.[note 3][22][23] London
is a world cultural capital.[24][25][26] It is the world's most-visited
city as measured by international arrivals[27] and has the world's
largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic.[28] London is
one of the world's leading investment destinations,[29][30][31] hosting
more international retailers[32][33] and ultra high-net-worth
individuals[34][35] than any other city. London's universities form the
largest concentration of higher education institutes in Europe,[36] and a
2014 report placed it first in the world university rankings. According
to the report London also ranks first in the world in software,
multimedia development and design, and shares first position in
technology readiness.[37] In 2012, London became the first city to host
the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.[38] London has a
diverse range of peoples and cultures, and more than 300 languages are
spoken within Greater London.[39] Its estimated mid-2015 population was
8,673,713,[2] the largest of any city in the European Union,[40] and
accounting for 12.5 per cent of the UK population.[41] London's urban
area is the second most populous in the EU, after Paris, with 9,787,426
inhabitants at the 2011 census.[42] The city's metropolitan area is one
of the most populous in Europe with 13,879,757 inhabitants,[note 4][43]
while the Greater London Authority states the population of the
city-region (covering a large part of the south east) as 22.7
million.[44] London was the world's most populous city from around 1831
to 1925.[45] London contains four World Heritage Sites: the Tower
of London; Kew Gardens; the site comprising the Palace of Westminster,
Westminster Abbey, and St Margaret's Church; and the historic settlement
of Greenwich (in which the Royal Observatory, Greenwich marks the Prime
Meridian, 0° longitude, and GMT).[46] Other famous landmarks include
Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Paul's
Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, and The Shard. London is home
to numerous museums, galleries, libraries, sporting events and other
cultural institutions, including the British Museum, National Gallery,
Natural History Museum, Tate Modern, British Library and West End
theatres.[47] The London Underground is the oldest underground railway
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