Brazil 5 Reais 2012 Silver Proof Olympic Flag Handover Commemorative Silver Coin – Rio 2016

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At the end of each Olympic cycle, the new host city of the Games is celebrated with a Flag Handover Ceremony. On 12 August, at the London 2012 Closing Ceremony, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro handed over the Olympic flag by the president of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge.
After that, an eight-minute show displayed the famous Brazilian joy. In a privileged area of the London Olympic Stadium, a great multicultural embrace celebratet the diversity of races, rhythms, tastes and credo of Brazil in a show called “Embrace”.