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.
Proof and Mint Sets (10) comprising Proof Sets (5) Blue Sets (3) 1984, 1985, 1987, Red Leather Deluxe Sets (2) 1986, 1994 nFDC to FDC a few coins with toning, in the cases of issue, and Royal Mint Year Sets (5) 1983 (3), 1984, 1985, Lustrous UNC in the Royal Mint wallets of issue, Mint Sets 1953 (10 coins) Crown to Farthing Lustrous UNC in a slide case, Currency Set 1963 (7 coins, Halfcrown to Halfpenny, no English Shilling) the Florin Fine, others in Lustrous UNC in a slide case, Plastic Set 1953 (9 coins) UNC, Crowns (5) 1951 UNC boxed, 1953 UNC in a slide case, 1965 UNC (3), GB and a few World 20th Century issues (26) in mixed grades, Medal 1987 World Athletics Championships - Rome Silver Proof FDC boxed with certificate, Britain's First Decimal Coins 1968/71 UNC toned in the blue wallet of issue, Banknotes - Ten Shillings Fforde (2) consecutive numbers D29N 615938 and D29N 615939 UNC, along with Stamps in two albums many countries represented from Abyssinia to Uruguay includes well over 1000 stamps), in mixed condition, Cigarette Cards in a Will's album containing Leaders of Men, Flower Cultures, Whaling, Steeplechase Trainers, and Owners' Colours, along with further sets and part sets on a wide variety of subjects including Builders of Empire, Garden Hints, Household Hints, Modern Naval Craft, Military Uniforms and more, in mixed condition, a small model Concorde
Proof Sets (5) Blue Sets (3) 1984, 1985, 1987, Red Leather Deluxe Sets (2) 1986, 1994 nFDC to FDC a few coins with toning, in the cases of issue, Royal Mint Year Sets (5) 1983 (3), 1984, 1985, Lustrous UNC in the Royal Mint wallets of issue, Mint Sets 1953 (10 coins) Crown to Farthing Lustrous UNC in a slide case, Currency Set 1963 (7 coins, Halfcrown to Halfpenny, no English Shilling) the Florin Fine, others in Lustrous UNC in a slide case, Plastic Set 1953 (9 coins) UNC, Crowns (5) 1951 UNC boxed, 1953 UNC in a slide case, 1965 UNC (3), GB and a few World 20th Century issues (26) in mixed grades, Medal 1987 World Athletics Championships - Rome Silver Proof FDC boxed with certificate, Britain's First Decimal Coins 1968/71 UNC toned in the blue wallet of issue, Banknotes - Ten Shillings Fforde (2) consecutive numbers D29N 615938 and D29N 615939 UNC, along with Stamps in two albums many countries represented from Abyssinia to Uruguay includes well over 1000 stamps), in mixed condition, Cigarette Cards in a Will's album containing Leaders of Men, Flower Cultures, Whaling, Steeplechase Trainers, and Owners' Colours, along with further sets and part sets on a wide variety of subjects including Builders of Empire, Garden Hints, Household Hints, Modern Naval Craft, Military Uniforms and more, in mixed condition, a small model Concorde and a small decorative jar
Numismatic First Day Cover 2012 Athletics Gold - Super Saturday comprising Gold Sovereign 2012 S.SC8 Lustrous UNC with 3x First Class stamps featuring Gold Medal Winners Jessica Ennis, Greg Rutherford and Mo Farah respectively, on the commemorative envelope as issued in the wallet of issue with certificate
Fifty Pence 2012 London Olympic Games - GoldMedal Winners Coin - Athletics, 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 Athletics 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.
Fifty Pence 2012 London Olympic Games - GoldMedal Winners Coin - Athletics, Gold ProofPiedfort FDC in the box of issue with certificate and 'Chief Engraver Master Proofs' card, number 18 of just 29 issued
Crowns (7) 1972 Silver Wedding Silver Proofs (2), 1977 Silver Jubilee Silver Proofs (2) 1980 Queen Mother 80th Birthday Silver Proofs (2), 1981 Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer Royal Wedding Silver Proof nFDC to FDC unboxed some with certificates, Five Pound Crown 2000 Queen Mother 100th Birthday UNC, Isle of Man Crowns 1984 (4) Los AngelesOlympic Games 23rd Olympiad each piece depicting different sports Athletics, Gymnastics, Ice Skating and EquestrianSports Silver Proofs nFDC to FDC in capsules nFDC, Ireland sets in slide cases (3) 1966 (9 coins) 10 Shillings to Farthing, 1967 Halfcrown to Halfpenny (5 coins), 1968 Halfcrown to Halfpenny (5 coins), Ireland 6-coin set 1971 Polished standard specimens Prooflike UNC in a green wallet style holder, Guernsey Double Proof Set 1966 comprising Ten Shillings (2), Threepence (2), 8 Doubles (2) and 4 Doubles (2) nFDC-FDC retaining almost full mint lustre, uncased
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
Proof Sets (6) 1970 (3), 1971, 1972, Standard set 2008, FDC in the boxes of issue, Royal Mint Year Sets (9) 1994, 2007, 2008 Emblems of Britain, 2008 Royal Shield of Arms, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 Annual Set, 2014 Definitive Set, Twenty Pounds 2013 (2), Five Pound Crown 2011 Royal WeddingSilver Proof, Five Pound Crowns (9) 2007 Diamond Wedding, 2010 Restoration of the Monarchy, 2010 Royal Engagement, 2011 Prince Philip 90th Birthday, 2012 Diamond Jubilee, 2012 London Olympics, 2012 London Paralympics, 2013 Coronation 60th Anniversary, 2013 Prince George Christening, Five Pound Crowns a 4-coin set 2009-2012 London Olympic Countdown, Two Pounds Collector Pack, a 15-coin set mixed dates showing each design (mixed grades), One Pound Collector Pack a 14-coin set mixed dates showing each design (mixed grades), Two Pounds a 2-coin set 2013 London Underground, Two Pounds (7) 2012 Charles Dickens, 2012 Olympic HandoverBeijing, 2012 Olympic Handover Rio, 2013 350th Anniversary of the Guinea (2), 2014 500th Anniversary of Trinity House, 2014 100th Anniversary of the Outbreak of World War I, One Pound a 2-coin set 2013 England and Wales, Fifty Pences (10) 2012 London Olympics (8) Triathlon, Football, Athletics, Volleyball, Modern Pentathlon, Wheelchair Rugby, Handball, and Cycling, 2013 Centenary of the Birth of Christopher ironside, 2013 Centenary of the Birth of Benjamin Britten, these UNC in the Royal Mint packs of issue, Fifty Pence Sports collection (26 coins of 29) UNC in the blue folder of issue, Last £sd set Crown to Farthing mixed dates UNC, GB and world cupro-nickel sets (3), 25p Crowns (28), Five Pound Crowns (13), Two Pounds (9) plus a few of other GB and World items
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