UK 2011 Basketball 50p
Fifty pence coin struck to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games as part of the 2011 dated sports 50p set, coin 5 of 29 featured Basketball.
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Coin Rarity / Mintage
The Basketball 50p can be found in your change: 1,748,000 coins dated 2011 were struck to enter circulation.
This fifty pence was available to purchase in Uncirculated (UNC) quality from release date: 22 July 2010.
Coin Value - How much is my Basketball 50p coin worth?
£2
£6
The circulation (CIRC) 50p is worth £2. The Uncirculated (UNC) Basketball 50p was available from £2.99 on issue, in as new condition this UNC 50p coin is worth about £6.
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In a Royal Mint video interview with the Basketball coin designer Sarah Payne (click image above to view), asked what was the inspiration behind your idea?, Sarah said: When I first went into designing a coin there was a big list on the Royal Mint website and it gave links to examples if you weren’t sure what the sport involved so I went through a lot of the sports and when I got to basketball I could capture the movement. It was basically looking and researching, I used the basketball itself as a texture for the background, showing the basketball without having to use the word basketball.
A design which depicts basketball players against the textured background of a large basketball, with the London 2012 logo above and the denomination, "50 PENCE", below
Design by: Sarah PayneCoin Obverse (heads side)
4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS with the inscription "ELIZABETH II • D • G • REG • F • D • 2011 •".
Coin SpecificationDenomination: 50p
Alloy: Cupronickel
Weight: 8g
Diameter: 27.3mm
Quality: CIRC / UNC
Year: 2011
Coin condition and quality
The value of a coin is always related to the condition. A UK 2011 Basketball 50p coin in good circulated condition (A few small contact marks on the coin, but retains some original shine and most of the original design detail.) is more desirable to a collector than a worn down battered coin.
Prices shown on this page relate to coins created for circulation (CIRC) and coins available to buy in Uncirculated (UNC) quality.
Some coins made for circulation remain "Uncirculated" as they have been kept in or taken from the original sealed coin bag they were packed in after being sent out from The Royal Mint. These are still circulation quality coins - but may keep more of the orginal shine and have a few less contact marks.
Coins not in sealed bags or held in a collection out of the 1,748,000 coins struck, will now have been in circulation for 13 years.