Use the variants box below to select your sport. Our Olympic coins are offered in standard circulated condition, similar to the coins you find in your change. These 50ps are struck in cupronickel alloy to standard specifications. Some 30,000 designs were entered, representing different Olympic and Paralympic sports, resulting in fantastically varied styles across the set. The reverses feature a range of special designs, picked from a nationwide competition allowing members of the public to see their artwork on real coinage. The obverses show Ian Rank-Broadley’s portrait of Her Majesty the Queen along with the date of issue: 2011. The Royal Mint celebrated the XXX Olympics with a range of commemorative coinage including a very popular 50p collection made up of 29 different designs.

2012 marked the third time that the city had hosted a modern Olympics games and us Brits did very well, coming third in the medal table behind the US and China. UK circulated London Olympics Fifty Pence pieces from The Royal Mint.

50p collection case