Federer Honored as Coin Star
<![CDATA[Roger Federer makes history as first living person to appear on Swiss coin.]]>
Roger Federer is officially a coin star.Federer owns more Grand Slam singles silverware than any other man and will make history as the first living person honored on a Swiss coin.More: Nishikori Hires Max Mirnyi as CoachThe Basel-born Federer will appear on a 20 Swiss Francs silver commemorative coin, which will be released on January 23rd.There will be 55,000 total Swiss Francs minted with Federer's face. The Swissmint is accepting pre-sale orders starting today through December 19th.
The 20-time Grand Slam king posted an image of the coin on Instagram along with a message of gratitude."Thank you Switzerland and Swissmint for this incredible honour and privilege," Federer said in an Instagram post.The Swissmint, which plans to issue a commemorative Federer gold coin in May, said Federer's commitment to supporting social causes, including through his Roger Federer Foundation, prompted the honor.Photo credit: Swissmint]]>
Chris Oddo. Chris Oddo is a freelance sportswriter, podcaster, blogger and social media marker who is a lead contributor to Tennisnow.com. He also writes for USOpen.org, Rolandgarros.com, BNPParibasOpen.com, TennisTV.com, WTAtennis.com and the official US Open program.
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