With the opening ceremony just weeks away, the anticipation and enthusiasm is building with the start of the Olympic Games and the convergence of over 10,500 athletes from 206 countries and territories. These exceptional men and women will be competing in 329 events and 32 sports over a two week event which will soon be...
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United Kingdom: New Gold and Silver Proof £2 coins mark 200 years of London’s Iconic National Gallery
The National Gallery is regarded as one of the greatest art galleries in the world. From its very beginnings, the National Gallery was founded by an act of Parliament in April 1824. With just 38 pictures acquired from the financier John Julius Angerstein for the princely sum of £57,000 equal to more than £5,200,000 in...