$5 2000 Sydney Olympics Athletics Al/Bronze UNC
Issued in October 1997 this coin is the first in a 28 Coin Sydney 2000 Aluminium Bronze Specimen Collection produced jointly by the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra and the Perth Mint. The coin is presented sealed on a credit-card style pack.
Athletics is in many ways the embodiment of the Olympic motto Citius Altius Fortius - faster higher stronger. Stripped to its bare essentials athletics (or track and field) is about running faster jumping higher and throwing further than your competitors. The ancient Games at Olympia began simply with running races. Today athletics remains one of the most popular Olympic sports.
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Issued in October 1997 this coin is the first in a 28 Coin Sydney 2000 Aluminium Bronze Specimen Collection produced jointly by the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra and the Perth Mint. The coin is presented sealed on a credit-card style pack.
Athletics is in many ways the embodiment of the Olympic motto Citius Altius Fortius - faster higher stronger. Stripped to its bare essentials athletics (or track and field) is about running faster jumping higher and throwing further than your competitors. The ancient Games at Olympia began simply with running races. Today athletics remains one of the most popular Olympic sports.
