high jump athlete- London 2012-themed image

Why the new 50p is a proper Flop

Schoolgirl Florence Jackson from Bristol is the first child to design a British coin with her London 2012-themed image

By JOEL TAYLOR - Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Schoolgirl Florence Jackson has a designed a London 2012-themed 50p

THE next time you look at the design on the back of a 50p coin and think 'a child could have done that', well, you'd be right.

A nine-year-old child, in fact. The new look is by Florence Jackson, who is the first child to design a British coin.

Her sketch of a London 2012 high jump athlete mid-Fosbury Flop beat 17,000 other entries in a Blue Peter competition to give her the chance to work with the Royal Mint on her design.

'I am so excited. I love drawing and I chose the high jump because I'd watched it on TV before and thought it looked fun,' said the youngster from Bristol.

high jump

n.

1. A jump for height made over a horizontal bar in a track-and-field contest.
2. A contest in which high jumps are made.

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