| Description : The Summer Games for people with intellectual disabilities and
multiple disabilities were held in Athens from the 25th of June to the 4th of July 2011. The coin
design representing the emblem of the Games, a stylised human figure in a spiral ending in a laurel branch, is by Georgios
Stamatopoulos. The emblem symbolises a radiant sun as the source of life and the power of the participating athlete
expressed by the spiral shape, as well as his special achievement represented by the laurel branch. At the top right is in a
quarter‐circle of two lines the occasion "XII SPECIAL OLYMPICS W.S.G." (W.S.G.= World Summer Games) and "ATHENS
2011" mentioned, below which is a palmette the mint mark of the Greek mint
Νομισματοκοπειο / Nomismatokopeio
(Bank of Greece ‐ Mint) in Halandri. Below is the name of the issuing country
"ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ"
(Hellenic Republic). |
