Exceptional: fewer than 1,000 minted.
50 Pence - Elizabeth II Girlguiding Gold Proof (2010)
Circulating version: 2010 50 Pence - Elizabeth II – Girlguiding
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2010 |
| Denomination | 50 Pence |
| Face value | 50p |
| Mintage | 355 |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Circulation | Non-circulating |
| Composition | Gold (.9167) (917/1000 fine) |
| Weight | 15.500g · 0.4568 t oz |
| Diameter | 27.3mm |
| Shape | Equilateral curve heptagon (7-sided) |
| Edge | Plain |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Obv. artist | Ian Rank-Broadley |
| Rev. artist | Jonathan Evans, 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 IRB
A circular design of six clover leaves surrounding a central leaf, depicting a repeating pattern of the current identity of Girl Guiding, UK.
CELEBRATING ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF GIRLGUIDING UK 50 PENCE DH JE
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| FDC | £1,100.00 🔒 | £1,100.00 (1) | – | £1,100.00 – £1,100.00 | 0 | 1 | 06-09-2025 | |
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| PR-70 | £1,050.00 🔒 | £1,050.00 (1) | – | £1,050.00 – £1,050.00 | 0 | 1 | 11-02-2025 | |
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About the 2010 50 Pence - Elizabeth II Girlguiding – Gold Proof
The 2010 50 Pence - Elizabeth II Girlguiding – Gold Proof is a collector 50 pence coin, struck in 91.67% gold. It weighs 15.5g 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.
355 were struck.
Common questions
How much is the 2010 50 Pence - Elizabeth II Girlguiding – Gold Proof worth?
Verified sold prices for the 2010 50 Pence - Elizabeth II Girlguiding – Gold Proof run from £1,020 to £1,100 across 3 grades, taking the median for each grade. Condition makes the difference, so check the grade table above before pricing one. Its gold content is worth about £1,369 at today's spot price, which puts a floor under its value.
How is the 2010 50 Pence - Elizabeth II Girlguiding – Gold Proof different from the circulating coin?
This is a collector version of the 2010 50 Pence - Elizabeth II – Girlguiding, not the coin found in change. At 15.5g of 91.67% gold it is heavier than the 8g nickel circulating coin, so weighing it is the quickest check.
How do I identify the 2010 50 Pence - Elizabeth II Girlguiding – Gold Proof?
Check the weight 15.5g and diameter 27.3mm and the metal (91.67% gold) against the specification table on this page. The reverse design is described above.
History and design
This is a collector version of the 50 Pence - Elizabeth II – Girlguiding. The history below is that coin's; the mintage, varieties and collecting notes on its page do not apply to this strike.
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.
Sources
- 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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