Fifty Pence, The London 2012 50p Gold Proof Piedfort Olympic Gold Medal Winners Set, a spectacular 11 coin set featuring the 11 sports that Team GB won their 29 medals in. S.LOGS11, Proof nFDC, we note very minor contact marks on the Boxing, Sailing, Canoeing and Taekwondo coins, all in the original Royal Mint packaging, so this as released from the Mint. Set with certificate number 13 (NO. 13 embossed in gold on the wooden lid) housed in a quality cabinet style wooden presentation box with a separate drawer for the certificate and CD (unopened), and a CHIEF ENGRAVER MASTER PROOFS presentation card which shows the engraver's master proofs embossed in gold, the whole with outer card box. This is a rare set and must be The Holy Grail certainly of 50p sets and perhaps of the entire Royal Mint modern series since 1979. Some ambiguity has surrounded the mintages of these coins as the first time they appeared in The Coins of England reference book by Spink it was stated that just two of each coin had been struck one for the designer the other for the gold medallist. The certificate on this set states 13/29, however the vendor has provided us with actual sales figures (rather than mintage limits) that he has obtained from The Royal Mint which indicate that just 15 of these 11 coin sets exist and states the additional coins issued separately so giving the following total mintages for each sport as Athletics 26, Boxing 18, Rowing 26, Cycling 26, Equestrian 22, Sailing 17, Shooting 17, Tennis 25, Taekwondo 15, Triathlon 22, Canoeing 17 (therefore no Taekwondo coins exist other than in these 15 sets). These are excessively low figures and anyone with an eye to wealth creation should reflect on the current values of Royal Mint proof sets that include gold from yesteryear, sets with mintages of 150 (10 times more than these 50p sets) can realise six figure sums. We have only offered one previous set, this back in June 2019, we note a tennis coin being recently advertised online for over £7500.
GB (2) and World (2) comprising GB Five Pound Crowns Countdown to the London 2012Olympics a 4-coin set includes 2009 3-Year Countdown, 2010 2-Year Countdown, 2011 1-Year Countdown and 2012 London Olympics Silver Proofs, FDC in the Royal Mint box of issue with certificates, GB Numismatic First Day Cover comprising Five Pound Crown 2012 London Olympic Games Silver Proof FDC, and 4x First Class stamps, each depicting a different Olympic Sport, on the envelope and in the wallet of issue, Guernsey Five Pounds 2013 60th Anniversary of the Coronation Silver Proof, the reverse with gold highlighting, FDC, with 6x stamps, each with a different portrait of the Queen First Class, Second Class, 78p, 88p, £1.28, and £1.88 UNC on the envelope and in the wallet of issue, USA Olympic Issues (7) 1995-1996 comprising One Dollar (4) 1995P Atlanta Olympics - Track and Field, KM#264, 1995P Atlanta Paralympics - Blind Runner KM#259, 1996P Atlanta Olympics - High Jump KM#A272, 1996P Atlanta Olympics - Four Man Rowing Crew KM#272, Half Dollars (3) 1996S Atlanta Olympics - Baseball KM#262, 1996S Atlanta Olympics - Swimming KM#267 (2) nFDC to FDC retaining much original mint brilliance, in a Westminster box, no certificates
GB and World Sets (5) GB The CoronationAnniversary Ingot and Crown set a 3-piece set comprising a Sterling SilverStamp Ingot 1s/3d replica of the 1953 Coronation Stamp, Crown 1953 UNC and Five Pound Crown 2003 Coronation Golden JubileeCupro-Nickel UNC, GB Britain's First Decimal Coins 1968/71 (2 sets) UNC toned in the blue wallets of issue, East Caribbean States Two Dollars 2002-2003 British Military Leaders - The Piedfort Collection a 12-coin set in Gold-plated Cupro-Nickel, nFDC to FDC in the box of issue with certificates, Cook Islands One Dollar 2014-2015 D-Day to Victory a 16-coin set each reverse coloured with a different wartime scene, in Gold-plated copper, Lustrous UNC in a Westminster box, 9 with certificates, Part Sets (1) GB Countdown to the London Olympics a 3-coin part set comprising 2009 3-year Countdown Silver Proof, 2010 2-year Countdown Silver Proof, and 2011 1-year Countdown Silver Proof, nFDC in the 4-coin box, two with certificates, and Singles (30) GB (26) Twenty Pounds 2013 Silver - George and the Dragon UNC in the Royal Mint pack of issue, Five Pound Crowns (4) 1997 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince PhilipGolden Wedding, 2011 1-Year Countdown to the London 2012 Olympic Games, 2012 Queen Elizabeth IIDiamond Jubilee, 2013 Christening of Prince George, Lustrous UNC in the Royal Mint packs of issue, One Pound 1983 (2) UNC in the Maxwell House folders, Fifty Pence (7) 2011 London 2012 Sport Collection in silver (4) Basketball, Cycling, Rowing and Fair Play issues, UNC in capsules, 3 with certificates, 1994 D-Day Landings 50th Anniversary (2), 2013 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Benjamin Britten UNC in the Royal Mint wallets of issue, Crowns (10) 1977 (3), 1980 (4), 1981 (3) UNC, Two Pounds 2009 Darwin EF, Medal Replica - a Miniature Replica Waterloo medal, UNC in the pack of issue, World (5) Bermuda Five Dollars 2012 The System Does Discover The People Who Do Unsung Things Silver Proof nFDC, in capsule, no certificate, Jersey (3) Five Pounds (2) 2013 Coronation 60th Anniversary UNC the reverse with gold coloured highlights, 2014 70th Anniversary of D-Day UNC, Fifty Pence 2011 Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II Gold Plated Proof with coloured photograph of the Queen on the reverse UNC, Isle of Man Two Pounds 1993 Nigel Mansell F1 World Champion of 1992 UNC in capsule
Fifty Pence 2012 London Olympic Games - GoldMedal Winners Coin - Rowing, Gold ProofPiedfort FDC NGC PR69, in June 2019 (LCA 165 Lot 1510) we sold a full set of 11 of these Gold Proof Piedfort 2012 Fifty Pences and the vendor of that set had obtained from The Royal Mint mintage figures (actual rather than issue limits which may be smaller) which showed just 26 of these Rowing Piedforts exist
Fifty Pence 2012 London Olympic Games - GoldMedal Winners Coin - Rowing, Gold ProofPiedfort FDC NGC PR69, in June 2019 (LCA 165 Lot 1510) we sold a full set of 11 of these Gold Proof Piedfort 2012 Fifty Pences and the vendor of that set had obtained from The Royal Mint mintage figures (actual rather than issue limits which may be smaller) which showed just 26 of these Olympic Rowing Piedforts exist
Fifty Pence, The London 2012 50p Gold Proof Piedfort Olympic Gold Medal Winners Set, a spectacular 11 coin set featuring the 11 sports that Team GB won their 29 medals in. Proof FDC with certificate number 2 (NO. 02 embossed in gold on the wooden lid) housed in a quality cabinet style wooden presentation box with a separate draw for the certificate and CD (unopened), and a CHIEF ENGRAVER MASTER PROOFS presentation card which shows the engraver's master proofs embossed in gold, the whole with outer card box. This is a rare set and must be The Holy Grail certainly of 50p sets and perhaps of the entire Royal Mint modern series since 1979. Some ambiguity has surrounded the mintages of these coins as the first time they appeared in The Coins of England reference book by Spink it was stated that just two of each coin had been struck one for the designer the other for the gold medallist. Here at London Coins we have offered four individual coins since 2012 all different sports (athletics, cycling, triathalon and tennis). The certificate on this set states 2/29, however the vendor has provided us with actual sales figures (rather than mintage limits) that he has obtained from The Royal Mint which indicate that just 15 of these 11 coin sets exist and states the additional coins issued separately so giving the following total mintages for each sport as Athletics 26, Boxing 18, Rowing 26, Cycling 26, Equestrian 22, Sailing 17, Shooting 17, Tennis 25, Taekwondo 15, Traithalon 22, Canoeing 17 (therefore no Taekwondo coins exist other than in these 15 sets). These are excessively low figures and anyone with an eye to wealth creation should reflect on the current values of Royal Mint proof sets that include gold from yesteryear, sets with mintages of 150 (10 times more than these 50p sets) can realise six figure sums. As far as we could tell this is the first example of this set offered so preparing an estimate can not be done on past results, what we can say is that the 4 individual coins we have sold totalled £20,800 or over £5,000 per coin.
Proof Set 2015 the last set with the Fourth Portrait, FDC in the case of issue, The London 2012Gold Medal Winners a 12-coin set comprising Five Pound Crown 2012 London Olympics and Fifty Pences (11) all the British gold medal winning Sports:- Athletics, Boxing, Canoeing, Cycling, Equestrian, Rowing, Sailing, Taekwondo, Tennis and Triathlon UNC in a presentation box with booklet. Five Pound Crowns 2012 (3) London Olympics (2) and London Paralympics (1) UNC in the Royal mint wallets of issue, Two Pounds 2012 Handover to Rio UNC in the Royal Mint wallet of issue, Fifty Pence 2013 Benjamin Britten UNC in the Royal Mint wallet of issue, Queen Elizabeth II the Equestrian Crown set (3 coins) Crown 1953, Crown 1977 and Five Pound Crown 2002 UNC in the Royal Mint wallet of issue, Europe 1 Euro a 12-coin set comprising a 1 Euro coin 1999-2002 one each from each of the member states UNC as issued, plus First Day Covers and Numismatic First Day Covers (9) and a reproduction souvenir newspaper UNC as issued
Five Pound Crowns (8) 2003 Coronation 50th AnniversarySilverProof, 2004 Entente CordialeCupro-Nickel Proof, 2007 Diamond Wedding Silver Proofs (2), 2010 Restoration of the Monarchy Silver Proofs (4), Five Pound Crowns 2-coin sets 2005 Nelson and Trafalgar (3 sets) Silver Proofs, One Pound (2) 2010 Belfast Silver Proof, 2010 London Silver proof FDC in the cases of issue with certificates, Alderney Five Pound Crowns 2005 Prince Harry 21st Birthday (2) both Silver Proofs, Alderney Five Pound Crown 2010 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain Silver Proof FDC in the cases of issue with certificates, Alderney Five Pound Crown 2012 Diamond Jubilee Silver Proof FDC on the card of issue, Bermuda Five Dollars 2012 Golden Jubilee/The System does discover people who do unsung things Silver Proof FDC on the card of issue, Fifty Pence 2012 Olympics (5) Triathlon, Sailing, Basketball, Rowing and Cycling, all BU struck in silver with certificates, Five Pound Crown 2005 Nelson Silver Proof FDC in the card wallet in capsule, St. Helena and Ascension Five Pound Crown 2008 History of the RAF, Typhoon Silver Proof with coloured RAF logo FDC in the card wallet
Fifty Pence Silver Proofs (3) 2005 Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, 2009 Kew Gardens (2), Fifty Pence Silver Proof Piedforts (3) 2000 Public Libraries, 2005 Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, 2007 100 Years of Scouting, Fifty Pences a 2-coin set 2006 The Victoria Cross The Award and the Heroic Acts Silver Proofs, Guernsey Fifty Pence 2000 Silver Proof Piedfort nFDC-FDC in the cases of issue with certificates, Fifty Pence 2011 Olympic Issues in Silver (7) Cycling, Gymnastics, Aquatics, Tennis, Boxing, Rowing, Football and Basketball BU in the Royal Mint wallets of issue with certificates (originally issued at £35 each by the Royal Mint)
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