Uncommon: fewer than 10,000,000 minted. Sells often: 63 verified sales in the last 12 months.
50 Pence - Elizabeth II 4th portrait Girlguiding (2010)
"Girlguiding 50p"
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2010 |
| Denomination | 50 Pence |
| Face value | 50p |
| Mintage | 7,410,090 |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Circulation | Circulating |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Weight | 8.000g |
| Diameter | 27.3mm |
| Thickness | 1.78mm |
| Shape | Equilateral curve heptagon (7-sided) |
| Edge | Plain |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Obv. artist | Ian Rank-Broadley |
| Rev. artist | Jonathan Evans and Donna Hainan |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Fourth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, legend around
ELIZABETH · II · D · G · REG · F · D · 2010
A circular design of six clover leaves surrounding a central leaf, depicting a repeating pattern of the current identity of Girl Guiding, UK.
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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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| FDC | £1.70 🔒 eBay | £1.70 (1) | – | £1.70 – £1.70 | 1 | 1 | 15-06-2026 | |
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| BU | £8.99 🔒 eBay | £7.58 | – | £3.31 – £15.29 | 9 | 9 | 23-09-2026 | |
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| VF | £0.63 🔒 eBay | £1.70 | ▲23.2% | £0.11 – £14.97 | 50 | 51 | 16-10-2026 | |
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| PR-65 | £7.00 🔒 eBay | £7.00 | – | £4.99 – £7.95 | 3 | 3 | 07-09-2026 | |
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About the 2010 50 Pence - Elizabeth II – Girlguiding
The 2010 50 Pence - Elizabeth II – Girlguiding is a circulating 50 pence coin, struck in copper-nickel. It weighs 8g and measures 27.3mm across. Reverse design: A circular design of six clover leaves surrounding a central leaf, depicting a repeating pattern of the current identity of Girl Guiding, UK.
7,410,090 were struck.
Common questions
How much is the 2010 50 Pence - Elizabeth II – Girlguiding worth?
Verified sold prices for the 2010 50 Pence - Elizabeth II – Girlguiding run from £1.70 to £7.58 across 4 grades, taking the median for each grade. Condition makes the difference, so check the grade table above before pricing one.
How many Girlguiding 50p coins were made?
The Royal Mint's mintage figures give 7,410,090 struck for circulation, all dated 2010. Brilliant Uncirculated, silver, silver piedfort and gold versions were sold separately to collectors and are not part of that number.
Is the Girlguiding 50p rare?
No. With 7,410,090 struck for circulation it is one of the more plentiful commemorative 50p coins of its period. In the Royal Mint's figures it comes just behind the 2007 Scouting 50p at 7,710,750 and far ahead of the 2009 Kew Gardens 50p at 210,000.
Who designed the Girlguiding 50p?
Jonathan Evans and Donna Hainan designed the reverse, a repeating pattern built from the trefoil that Girlguiding UK used as its identity in 2010. The obverse carries the fourth portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, by Ian Rank-Broadley.
What does the Girlguiding 50p commemorate?
It marks the centenary of Girlguiding in the United Kingdom, which the Royal Mint dates to 1910, when Agnes Baden-Powell started the movement at the request of her brother Robert, founder of Scouting. The reverse reads CELEBRATING ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF GIRLGUIDING UK.
Is the 2019 Girlguiding 50p the same coin?
No. A proclamation of February 2019 authorised the design again for a new series of collector 50p coins dated 2019. The Royal Mint's figures record no circulating Girlguiding 50p for 2019, so only the 2010 coin was issued for change.
How do I identify the 2010 50 Pence - Elizabeth II – Girlguiding?
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
Girlguiding began in the United Kingdom in 1910. The Royal Mint's account is that Agnes Baden-Powell started it at the request of her brother Robert, who had founded Scouting in 1907, as a movement run on the same principles for girls. The 50p for its centenary followed three years after the Scouting 50p of 2007.
The royal proclamation for the coin was made on 15 October 2009 and came into force the next day. It ordered the coin in cupro-nickel, silver, silver piedfort and gold, all dated 2010.
The Royal Mint's figures give 7,410,090 struck for circulation. That is close to the 7,710,750 of the Scouting coin, and more than any other commemorative 50p in the Mint's figures between then and 2015: the next highest is the 2013 Christopher Ironside coin at 7,000,000. The 2009 Kew Gardens 50p, issued the year before, had only 210,000.
The reverse is by Jonathan Evans and Donna Hainan. The proclamation describes it as a repeating pattern of the current identity of Girlguiding UK, which was the trefoil. The Mint explains the trefoil as the emblem of the movement's threefold promise.
The inscription CELEBRATING ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF GIRLGUIDING UK accompanies the pattern, with the denomination 50 PENCE. Because the value is on the reverse, the obverse has only the Queen's titles and the date 2010 around the fourth portrait, by Ian Rank-Broadley. The edge is plain.
Collecting notes
No recognised varieties or mint errors are documented for this coin.
This is a current-size 50p that was issued for ordinary use, and the Royal Mint's own shop offers examples it describes as struck for general circulation and bought back from the secondary market. With over seven million made, a worn coin from change is common. Coins taken from change will usually show wear on the high points of the portrait and the trefoils.
Collector versions share the design: Brilliant Uncirculated coins in cupro-nickel, plus proofs in silver, silver piedfort and gold. None of these counts towards the circulating figure.
The design returned in 2019, when a proclamation authorised it again for a collector series dated 2019 with the newer portrait of the Queen by Jody Clark. Check the date and portrait: only the 2010 coin circulated. See the 2019 Girlguiding 50p and its companion, the 2007 Scouting 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.
- 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)
- 2010 Elizabeth II 'Celebrating 100 Years of Girlguiding' 50p Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Proclamation determining the specifications and design for fifty pence coins commemorating the centenary of the Girl Guiding movement, London Gazette issue 59217, 20 October 2009, The Gazette (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Proclamation determining the specifications and designs for a new series of fifty pence coins in gold piedfort and silver piedfort (notice 3204636), 15 February 2019, The Gazette (read 9 Oct 2026)
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