Olympic 50p coins
31 Olympic 50p designs were issued from 2009 to 2011: 29 for circulation and two not for circulation.
- Designs
- 31
- Years
- 2009 to 2011
- Lowest mintage
- 1,125,500
Olympic 50p value list
The list runs from the lowest circulation mintage up. The rarest is the Football 50p, with 1,125,500 struck, which ranks it 3 of the 81 50p designs ranked by rarity. Each value is the typical price for the design, worked out from published UK prices and checked in September 2026.
Rank 1
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Football 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 1,125,500
- Value
- £15
Rank 2
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Wrestling 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 1,129,500
- Value
- £9
Rank 3
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Judo 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 1,161,500
- Value
- £10
Rank 4
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Triathlon 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 1,163,500
- Value
- £10
Rank 5
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Tennis 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 1,454,000
- Value
- £3.10
Rank 6
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Goalball 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 1,615,500
- Value
- £3.10
Rank 7
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Shooting 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 1,656,500
- Value
- £3.50
Rank 8
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Taekwondo 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 1,664,000
- Value
- £2.80
Rank 9
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Handball 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 1,676,500
- Value
- £2.50
Rank 10
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Modern Pentathlon 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 1,689,500
- Value
- £2.50
Rank 11
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Rowing 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 1,717,300
- Value
- £2.40
Rank 12
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Gymnastics 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 1,720,813
- Value
- £2.40
Rank 13
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Table Tennis 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 1,737,500
- Value
- £2.90
Rank 14
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Basketball 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 1,748,000
- Value
- £2.10
Rank 15
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Sailing 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 1,749,500
- Value
- £2.70
Rank 16
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Wheelchair Rugby 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 1,765,500
- Value
- £2.40
Rank 17
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Hockey 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 1,773,500
- Value
- £2.50
Rank 18
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Weightlifting 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 1,879,500
- Value
- £2.20
Rank 19
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Cycling 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 2,090,500
- Value
- £2
Rank 20
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Fencing 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 2,115,500
- Value
- £2
Rank 21
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Badminton 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 2,133,500
- Value
- £2.10
Rank 21
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Volleyball 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 2,133,500
- Value
- £1.90
Rank 23
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Equestrian 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 2,142,500
- Value
- £2
Rank 24
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Boxing 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 2,148,500
- Value
- £2.30
Rank 25
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Boccia 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 2,166,000
- Value
- £2
Rank 26
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Canoeing 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 2,166,500
- Value
- £2
Rank 27
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Aquatics 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 2,179,000
- Value
- £2
Rank 28
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Athletics 50p
Rarity: Scarce- Mintage
- 2,224,000
- Value
- £2
Rank 29
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Archery 50p
Rarity: Uncommon- Mintage
- 3,345,500
- Value
- £1.50
Blue Peter 50p
Not issued for circulation- Issued
- Pack limit 100,000
- Value
- £265
Photo: The Royal Mint, 2011 Aquatics (lines over face) 50p
Not issued for circulation- Issued
- Not issued for circulation
- Value
- £1,275
Olympic 50p coins in order of issue
- 2009
The Blue Peter 50p is the 2009 edition of Florence Jackson's high jump design, sold only in Blue Peter packs after she won the programme's coin design competition for London 2012.
- 2011
The Aquatics 50p, also known as the swimmer 50p, shows a swimmer gliding face down through rippling water.
- 2011
The Archery 50p shows nothing of the archer but a hand drawing back a bowstring.
- 2011
The Athletics 50p, often searched as the high jump 50p, is the London 2012 sports coin drawn by Florence Jackson as a child.
- 2011
The Badminton 50p pairs a large shuttlecock with rows of tiny players caught in different strokes.
- 2011
The Basketball 50p shows four players in action against the surface of a giant basketball.
- 2011
The Boccia 50p, which many people call the wheelchair bowls 50p, shows a Paralympic athlete throwing a ball from his wheelchair.
- 2011
The Boxing 50p puts a pair of gloves in the corner of a ring, a design Shane Abery drew after entering the London 2012 coin competition to encourage his children.
- 2011
The Canoeing 50p shows a slalom canoeist fighting through white water between hanging gates.
- 2011
The Cycling 50p shows a track rider racing round a velodrome, with speed lines streaming behind.
- 2011
The Equestrian 50p, often looked up as the horse 50p, shows a horse and rider clearing a fence.
- 2011
The Fencing 50p shows two fencers mid-bout, one lunging forward in attack.
- 2011
The Football 50p, better known as the offside rule 50p, explains football's most argued-over law with a simple diagram.
- 2011
The Goalball 50p shows a Paralympic goalball player hurling the ball, with speed lines trailing behind it.
- 2011
The Gymnastics 50p shows a rhythmic gymnast in a split leap, a ribbon spiralling up towards the London 2012 logo.
- 2011
The Handball 50p shows a player leaping to throw, set against a plan of the handball court.
- 2011
The Hockey 50p shows two players battling for the ball with their sticks.
- 2011
The Judo 50p shows one judo player throwing another, a move its designer David Cornell knew from the mat.
- 2011
The Modern Pentathlon 50p fits all five events of the sport onto one coin, with a swimmer bursting out of a splash that throws up a fencer, a runner, a pistol shooter and a horse.
- 2011
The Rowing 50p shows two rowers pulling through a wake of words: EXCELLENCE, FRIENDSHIP, FAIR PLAY and RESPECT.
- 2011
The Sailing 50p shows three boats racing on the sea off Weymouth, with the grid of a nautical chart where the sky would be.
- 2011
The Shooting 50p shows a clay shooter taking aim as the target bursts into angular fragments that echo the London 2012 logo.
- 2011
The Table Tennis 50p shows two hands with crossed bats over a table and net as the ball flies past.
- 2011
The Taekwondo 50p shows two helmeted athletes in mid-kick, one in the foreground and one behind.
- 2011
The Tennis 50p leaves out the players and shows only a close view of the net with a ball flying over it.
- 2011
The Triathlon 50p links a runner, a cyclist and a swimmer with lines that shift between pool lanes, running track and road.
- 2011
The Volleyball 50p shows three beach volleyball players at the net as the ball blots out the sun.
- 2011
The Weightlifting 50p draws a lifter in a few loose outlines, squatting at the start of a lift with a hand on the bar.
- 2011
The Wheelchair Rugby 50p shows a player gripping the wheel of their chair with the ball on their lap.
- 2011
The Wrestling 50p shows one wrestler lifting another off a round mat inside an arena.
- 2011
The Aquatics (lines over face) 50p (2011). The lines over face Aquatics 50p is the withdrawn first version of the London 2012 swimming design, with water lines running across the swimmer's face.
Olympic 50p questions
How many Olympic 50p coins are there?
There are 31 Olympic 50p designs, issued from 2009 to 2011.
Which Olympic 50p is the rarest?
The Football 50p has the lowest circulation mintage in the set, with 1,125,500 struck in 2011. The next rarest is the Wrestling 50p, with 1,129,500 struck.
Which Olympic 50p is worth the most?
In circulated condition the Football 50p is worth the most, typically £15. In uncirculated condition the highest is the Aquatics (lines over face) 50p, typically £1,275. Values were checked in September 2026.
Were all the Olympic 50p coins issued for circulation?
29 of the 31 were issued for circulation. The other two were not issued for circulation: the Blue Peter 50p and the Aquatics (lines over face) 50p.