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FALSE START COULD THIS BECOME THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER 50p COIN EVER?

Since it was announced the 2020 Olympics have been officially postponed until next year, the question on all collector’s lips is, ‘What will happen to the 2020 Team GB 50p?’ Initially released as part of the Annual Coin Set in January of this year, collectors are now left wondering if they’ll ever see this coin in their change.

What will happen to the Team GB 50p?

Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, it has been confirmed the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed until next summer. Shockingly, this is the first-time ever the Olympics have been postponed (they have previously been cancelled three times during the First and Second World Wars).

Initially intended for individual release ahead of the games

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