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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Boxing, Silver
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse description | The fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, facing right and wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The portrait is rendered in high relief with fine detail to the drapery at the shoulder. The sovereign's initials 'IRB' appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH·II·D·G REG·F·D runs around the upper periphery, with the date 2011 positioned to the lower right of the effigy. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH·II·D·G REG·F·D·2011 IRB (Translation: Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith) |
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Issued as part of the Royal Mint's London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games series, which ran across multiple years preceding the Games and ultimately comprised 29 sport-specific 50p designs — the largest number of circulating commemorative coin designs ever produced for a single event in British coinage history. The base-metal circulation versions saw extraordinary public demand, driving a secondary market before the Games had even begun.
The silver proof version was struck exclusively for collectors. Mintage figures for individual sports in the silver proof format were tightly capped, making per-sport quantities considerably lower than the headline series numbers suggest.