Royal Canadian Mint Vancouver 2010 coins to be permanently displayed at Olympic Museum

VANCOUVER, Feb. 14 /CNW Telbec/ - Today, the Royal Canadian Mint presented its Vancouver 2010 coin collection to the International Olympic Committee, to be permanently displayed at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. This ceremony, which has become an Olympic Games tradition, was held at the Royal Canadian Mint Pavilion and was attended by IOC President Jacques Rogge, IOC President for Life Juan Antonio Samaranch, John Furlong, CEO of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), Minister of State for Transport, the Honourable Rob Merrifield and the Premier of British Columbia, the Honourable Gordon Campbell.

Royal Canadian Mint President and CEO Ian E. Bennett and Minister Merrifield officially presented the following coins to Jacques Rogge . . .

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