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50 Pence - Elizabeth II 4th portrait Badminton (2011)
"Olympic Badminton 50p"
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2011 |
| Denomination | 50 Pence |
| Face value | 50p |
| Mintage | 2,133,500 |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Series | Olympic 50p (2011) |
| Circulation | Circulating |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Weight | 8.000g |
| Diameter | 27.3mm |
| Thickness | 2.00mm |
| Shape | Equilateral curve heptagon (7-sided) |
| Edge | Plain |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Obv. artist | Ian Rank-Broadley |
| Rev. artist | Emma Kelly |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Fourth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, legend around
Badminton shuttlecock, with illustrations of a bad
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Realised auction prices · ⭐ Pro Expand rows for individual sale records| Grade | Latest | Median | 30d Δ | All-time range | Sales (1yr) | Total sales | Last sale | |
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| UNC | £4.91 🔒 eBay | £3.56 (2) | – | £2.20 – £4.91 | 2 | 2 | 12-08-2026 | |
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| BU | £3.32 🔒 eBay | £5.01 | – | £3.32 – £5.95 | 5 | 5 | 20-05-2026 | |
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| VF | £2.00 🔒 eBay | £2.36 | ▲47.2% | £0.52 – £5.45 | 94 | 94 | 14-10-2026 | |
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About the 2011 50 Pence - Elizabeth II – Badminton
The 2011 50 Pence - Elizabeth II – Badminton is a circulating 50 pence coin in the Olympic 50p (2011) series, struck in copper-nickel. It weighs 8g and measures 27.3mm across. Reverse design: Badminton shuttlecock, with illustrations of a bad.
2,133,500 were struck.
Common questions
How much is the 2011 50 Pence - Elizabeth II – Badminton worth?
Verified sold prices for the 2011 50 Pence - Elizabeth II – Badminton run from £2.36 to £5.01 across 3 grades, taking the median for each grade. Condition makes the difference, so check the grade table above before pricing one.
How many Olympic Badminton 50p coins were made?
2,133,500 were struck for circulation, according to the Royal Mint's mintage figures. The Volleyball 50p has exactly the same figure. Seven of the 29 London 2012 designs have higher mintages and twenty have lower ones.
Is the Badminton 50p rare?
No. At 2,133,500 it is one of the more common Olympic 50p coins, with nearly twice the mintage of the Football coin (1,125,500), the scarcest in the series. Only seven of the 29 designs were struck in larger numbers.
Who designed the Badminton 50p?
Emma Kelly, an illustrator, whose entry was chosen from more than 30,000 submissions to the Royal Mint's public design competition. The obverse carries the fourth portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley.
What does the Badminton 50p show?
A shuttlecock at the centre, surrounded by small silhouettes of players in different positions. The official description calls it a shuttlecock and a diagram of badminton actions. The London 2012 logo is above and 50 PENCE below.
How do I identify the 2011 50 Pence - Elizabeth II – Badminton?
Check the weight 8g and diameter 27.3mm and the metal (copper-nickel) against the specification table on this page. The reverse design is described above.
History and design
The Badminton 50p belongs to the set of 29 coins issued for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, one for each sport. All are dated 2011, and the designs were chosen through a competition open to the public.
The Royal Mint's figures give a circulating mintage of 2,133,500. By coincidence the Volleyball coin has exactly the same figure, the only tie in the series. The pair sit in the upper part of the table: seven designs were struck in larger numbers and twenty in smaller. The nearest neighbours are Fencing, just below at 2,115,500, and Equestrian, just above at 2,142,500.
The reverse was designed by Emma Kelly, an illustrator, and selected from more than 30,000 public submissions. A shuttlecock fills the centre, and around it are small silhouettes of players in different positions, showing the range of shots in the game. The royal proclamation describes it as "a shuttlecock and a diagram of badminton actions", with the London 2012 logo above and 50 PENCE below.
Kelly told the Royal Mint Museum that she came across the competition by accident, through an advertisement in Design Week. The shuttlecock came first: "I choose Badminton as I knew I would enjoy drawing the shuttlecock, I then wanted to add people and the human element into the space". She approached it as she would any illustration commission, researching images and shapes, and then "went off to a local sports shop and bought a feathered shuttlecock" to draw from.
The obverse carries the fourth portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, in which she wears the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The edge is plain.
Collecting notes
No recognised varieties or mint errors are documented for this coin. Marks, discolouration and flattened detail on a circulated example are wear, not errors.
The players around the shuttlecock are small, so they are the first part of the design to lose definition in circulation. Look for an example with clean outlines on every figure and clear detail on the shuttlecock.
The 2010 proclamation also provided for the Olympic designs to be struck in gold, and Change Checker reports that one gold coin of each design was presented to its designer. These are separate from the 2,133,500 struck for circulation.
The coin was issued for general circulation and can still turn up in change. Its twin by mintage is the Volleyball 50p.
Sources
The history, design, varieties and collecting notes on this page are drawn from these sources. Prices come from recorded sales, not from them.
- 2011 Elizabeth II London Olympic Badminton 50p Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Badminton fifty pence piece, The Royal Mint Museum (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Proclamation determining the specifications and designs for fifty pence coins commemorating the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, London Gazette issue 59419, 14 May 2010, The Gazette (read 9 Oct 2026)
- UK coin mintage figures (data file), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 50p Coin Designs and Specifications, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 2011 Olympic Badminton 50p (London 2012), Coin Hunter (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Do you own the rarest Olympic 50p?, Change Checker (read 9 Oct 2026)
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