2004 Roger Bannister 50p [Circulated]

£2.79

The Roger Bannister 50p marked the 50th anniversary in 2004 of the first four-minute mile. The design by James Butler shows an athletes running legs and a stopwatch time of just under 4 minutes. The fifty pence piece is circulated and protected in a small plastic wallet.

The Roger Bannister 50p coin can be found in your change, 9,032,500 coins entered circulation dated 2004.

This coin was designed by James Butler and features a portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS.

If you need this 50p for your coin collection and you have not found one checking your change, you can now buy this circulated quality coin for £2.79 from Coin Hunter.

What do we mean by circulated quality? This is a coin created by The Royal Mint for circulation, the same as the 50p coins you find in your change. The coin will have been used, but we only select coins in very good condition and securely pack each one in a plastic coin wallet for delivery.

Denomination:	50p
Alloy:	Cupronickel
Quality:	Circulated
Condition:	Used
Item weight:	10g
Product code:	CC04RB4M
Product ID:	9002922757

Until recently the main places to go to buy coins from circulation were eBay and The Westminster Collection. Coin Hunter can now supply a number of circulation coin designs including the Roger Bannister 50p.

About Roger Bannister

Roger Bannister was a middle distance athlete who ran the first sub 4 minute mile on the 6th of May 1954. His time was 3 minutes 59.4 seconds. Bannister's record lasted just 46 days. The 50p coin minted 50 years later in 2004 was to celebrate his achievement and shows the running legs of an athlete in front of a stopwatch with the watch hands stopped just short of 4 minutes.