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50 Pence - Elizabeth II 4th portrait Gymnastics (2011)
"Olympic Gymnastics 50p"
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2011 |
| Denomination | 50 Pence |
| Face value | 50p |
| Mintage | 1,720,813 |
| 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 | Jonathan Olliffe |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Fourth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, legend around
Gymnast with ribbon, London 2012 logo above, denomination below.
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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 | £5.35 🔒 eBay | £4.72 | – | £4.11 – £5.35 | 4 | 4 | 18-09-2026 | |
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| BU | £5.01 🔒 eBay | £5.01 | – | £0.99 – £6.51 | 7 | 7 | 27-09-2026 | |
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| VF | £3.00 🔒 eBay | £3.00 | ▼9.1% | £0.89 – £5.45 | 86 | 86 | 16-10-2026 | |
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About the 2011 50 Pence - Elizabeth II – Gymnastics
The 2011 50 Pence - Elizabeth II – Gymnastics 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: Gymnast with ribbon, London 2012 logo above, denomination below.
1,720,813 were struck.
Common questions
How much is the 2011 50 Pence - Elizabeth II – Gymnastics worth?
Verified sold prices for the 2011 50 Pence - Elizabeth II – Gymnastics run from £3.00 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 Gymnastics 50p coins were made?
1,720,813 were struck for circulation, according to the Royal Mint's mintage figures. That is the twelfth lowest of the 29 London 2012 sport designs, between Rowing (1,717,300) and Table Tennis (1,737,500).
Is the Gymnastics 50p rare?
It sits in the middle of its series. In the Royal Mint's figures 11 of the 29 Olympic 50p designs have a lower mintage and 17 have a higher one. Its 1,720,813 is about 595,000 more than the Football coin, the scarcest of the set.
Who designed the Gymnastics 50p?
Jonathan Olliffe, who told the Royal Mint Museum he drew on his experience as a silversmith. The Royal Mint also credits him with the Aquatics 50p in the same series. The obverse portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is by Ian Rank-Broadley.
What does the Gymnastics 50p show?
A rhythmic gymnast in mid-leap with a ribbon that sweeps across the coin and passes behind the London 2012 logo. The denomination 50 PENCE is below the design. The edge is plain and the coin is dated 2011 on the obverse.
How do I identify the 2011 50 Pence - Elizabeth II – Gymnastics?
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 Gymnastics 50p is one of 29 coins issued for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, one for each sport. The designs were chosen through a competition open to the general public, the gymnastics design was among those authorised by a royal proclamation in force from 12 May 2010, and all of the coins are dated 2011.
The Royal Mint's figures give a circulating mintage of 1,720,813. That puts it in the middle of the series: it is the twelfth lowest of the 29, with Rowing just below at 1,717,300 and Table Tennis just above at 1,737,500. It is also the only one of the 29 figures that is not a round number of hundreds.
The reverse is by Jonathan Olliffe, who also designed the Aquatics coin in the same series, and was chosen from more than 30,000 public submissions. The proclamation describes it as "a gymnast with a ribbon". The discipline is rhythmic gymnastics: a gymnast in mid-leap trails a ribbon that sweeps across the coin and passes behind the London 2012 logo, with 50 PENCE below.
Olliffe told the Royal Mint Museum that he picked the sport "because I saw it as a challenge". The ribbon was the answer to that challenge, "a useful tool to create that illusion of movement" on a small, still surface. He called gymnastics "quite a poetic sport".
He worked from books, the internet and video of routines, studying how ribbons move and the different types used. He described the coin as his own way of taking part in the Games, "in a design sense using my silversmith experience."
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.
On a used coin, follow the ribbon along its whole length. It should read as one unbroken sweep, including where it passes behind the logo.
The May 2010 proclamations also provided for the gymnastics design in gold and in silver. Those coins share the design but are separate from the 1,720,813 struck for circulation.
The coin was struck for general circulation and the 50p remains a current coin, so it can still turn up in change. Its neighbours by mintage are the Rowing 50p and the Table Tennis 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 Gymnastics 50p Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Gymnastic: Jonathan Olliffe, 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)
- Olympic 50 pence pieces, The Royal Mint Museum (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Proclamation determining the specifications and designs for a fifty pence silver coin commemorating the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, London Gazette issue 59419, 14 May 2010, The Gazette (read 9 Oct 2026)
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