Stephen Taylor
British amateur designer whose design for the 2011 Olympic Football 50p won a Royal Mint public competition for the London 2012 Games series. Taylor's reverse depicts a diagram of the offside rule, possibly the most-discussed coin design in modern British history. The Football 50p has the lowest mintage of the entire Olympic 29-coin set at 1,125,500, partly because the design was produced last. The "offside rule" 50p became iconic as a piece that explained an obscure rule to a generation of UK collectors.
£2,750
Highest realised work:
500 Pounds - Elizabeth II Longest Reign; Silver Proof
7
Coins in catalogue
2
Decades active
Notable works
2011 Olympic Football 50p
Mintage 1,125,500, rarest of the 29 Olympic 50p designs.
Public competition entry
One of thousands of designs submitted for the Olympic series.
Stephen Taylor coins in our catalogue (7)
Coins where Stephen Taylor is credited as the obverse or reverse designer. Click any coin for full grade-by-grade prices, mintage, and reference images. Grouped by decade.
2010s 6 coins
10 Pounds - Elizabeth II Longest Reign; Gold Proof
10 Pounds - Elizabeth II Longest Reign; Silver Proof
1000 Pounds - Elizabeth II Longest Reign; Gold Proof
20 Pounds - Elizabeth II Longest Reign; Fine Silver
500 Pounds - Elizabeth II Longest Reign; Silver Proof
50 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait; People Act 1918