Issued in 2011, there were 1,040,000 of these coins made to commemorate the ship which was built and completed at Portsmouth Harbour in 1511 for Henry VIII and named after his favourite sister, Mary Tudor. Of the 22 represented countries, Great Britain were the overall winners of the 1908 Olympics with a final gold medal tally of 56. The games of 1908 were originally scheduled to be held in Rome, but due to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, they were re-located to London. In 2008, just 910,000 of these were issued to mark the modern Olympic Games started in Athens in 1896. Olympic Centenary - scarcity index 55 ( - 1) Only 845,000 of these were made to mark the official end of the London 2012 Olympics with the flag being passed to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 event. London 2012 Handover - scarcity index 65 (- 1) Commonwealth Games Wales - scarcity index 67 (+ 8 )Ī total of 588,500 of the Welsh variety were made to mark the Commonwealth Games, which, prior to the London 2012 Olympics, was the biggest multi-sport event to be held in the UK. The reverse design depicts the flag being handed over alongside the Official London 2012 logo. The commemorative coin made in 2008 to mark the handover from Beijing to London in preparation for the 2012 Olympics
