UK 2011 Shooting 50p
Fifty pence coin struck to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games as part of the 2011 dated sports 50p set, coin 21 of 29 featured Shooting.
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Coin Rarity / Mintage
The Shooting 50p can be found in your change: 1,656,500 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 Shooting 50p coin worth?
£2.50
£6.50
The circulation (CIRC) 50p is worth £2.50. The Uncirculated (UNC) Shooting 50p was available from £2.99 on issue, in as new condition this UNC 50p coin is worth about £6.50.
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Shooting made its Olympic debut at Athens 1896. In modern games, there are three disciplines, rifle, pistol and shotgun. In each discipline, athletes shoot at a target to gain points.
In the 10 meter rifle events, the highest scoring centre of the target is just 0.5mm in diameter.
In a Royal Mint video interview with the Shooting coin designer Pravin Dewdhory (click image above to view), asked why did you choose Shooting for your design?, Pravin said: I decided to choose shooting because I had an idea to take the shattered clay pigeon and I wanted to make a play on taking the 2012 logo and the geometric shapes that come from it and create the segments from the explosion that links back to the branding of 2012 so that was my connection, the idea that the clay pigeon would work with the 2012 branding and how that sport fitted with the idea I had.
A design which depicts a figure shooting, with the London 2012 logo above and the denomination, "50 PENCE", below
Design by: Pravin DewdhoryCoin 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 Shooting 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 1,656,500 coins struck, will now have been in circulation for 13 years.