$5 2000 Sydney Olympics Table Tennis Al/Bronze UNC
Issued in September 1999 this coin is the 23rd in a 28 Coin Sydney 2000 Aluminium Bronze Specimen Collection produced jointly by the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra and the Perth Mint. The coin is presented sealed on a credit-card style pack.
Table tennis which debuted in the Olympic Games in 1988 at Seoul began in the 1870s with cigar-box lids for rackets and a carved champagne cork for a ball. Today players compete for big money weild high-tech rackets and smash the ball at speeds up to 180 km/h and the spin of the ball up to 180 revolutions per second. Table tennis has become the world's largest participation sport with 40 million competitive players worldwide and countless millions playing recreationally.
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Issued in September 1999 this coin is the 23rd in a 28 Coin Sydney 2000 Aluminium Bronze Specimen Collection produced jointly by the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra and the Perth Mint. The coin is presented sealed on a credit-card style pack.
Table tennis which debuted in the Olympic Games in 1988 at Seoul began in the 1870s with cigar-box lids for rackets and a carved champagne cork for a ball. Today players compete for big money weild high-tech rackets and smash the ball at speeds up to 180 km/h and the spin of the ball up to 180 revolutions per second. Table tennis has become the world's largest participation sport with 40 million competitive players worldwide and countless millions playing recreationally.
