Student wins Olympic silver for coin design

Monday 14 November 2011 01:00 GMT

Saiman Miah, an architectural student from Birmingham and the coin that features his winning design for the official London 2012 Olympic £5 coin (PA)

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Saiman Miah, an architectural student from Birmingham, poses in front of the Olympic park in east London with his winning design for the official London 2012 Olympics £5 coin.

The Royal Mint held a competition for art and design students across the UK. A previous contest yielded the designs for 50p coins featuring 29 Olympic sports.

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