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.
Five Pound Crowns (8) 1990 Queen Mother 90th Birthday, 1997 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince PhilipGolden Wedding (2), 2006 Queen Elizabeth II 80th Birthday, 2007 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Diamond Wedding, 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee, 2012 London Olympic Games, 2013 Coronation 60th Anniversary, UNC in the Royal Mint wallets of issue, Royal Mint Year Set 2012 Annual set (8 coins) comprising Five Pound Crown and One Pound to One Penny UNC in the wallet of issue, Numismatic Covers (2) 1997 Golden Wedding Anniversary comprising Five Pound Crown and 26p stamp, UNC on the envelope of issue (2). Fifty Pence coin and stamp sets (2) comprising Fifty Pence 2011 Table Tennis UNC and First Class Table Tennis stamp UNC, and Fifty Pence 2011 Gymnastics and First Class Gymnastics stamp, both UNC in the packs of issue, Australia Five Dollars 1990 Anzac 75th Anniversary UNC in the Royal Australian Mint pack of issue, Tristan da Cunha One Pound 2016 Queen Elizabeth II 90th Birthday Silver Proof, Alderney One Pound 2017 Platinum Wedding Silver Proof both FDC in the soft cases of issue with certificates, GB Five Pound Crowns (8) 1993 Coronation 40th Anniversary (2), 1999 Millennium, 2000 Queen Mother 100th Birthday, 2002 Queen Mother Memorial, 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee, 2003 Coronation Golden Jubilee, 2004 100th Anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, Two Pounds (2) 1989 Bill of Rights, 1995 United Nations 50th Anniversary, EF to UNC, Fifty Pence 1973 EEC UNC, Crowns (16) 1965 (2), 1972, 1977 (5), 1980 (3), 1981 (5), EF to UNC. Medal - Makers of the Millennium 2000 Mother Teresa 1910-1997 UNC
Five Pound Crowns (8) 1990 Queen Mother 90th Birthday, 1997 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince PhilipGolden Wedding (2), 2006 Queen Elizabeth II 80th Birthday, 2007 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Diamond Wedding, 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee, 2012 London Olympic Games, 2013 Coronation 60th Anniversary, UNC in the Royal Mint wallets of issue, Royal Mint Year Set 2012 Annual set (8 coins) comprising Five Pound Crown and One Pound to One Penny UNC in the wallet of issue, Numismatic Covers (2) 1997 Golden Wedding Anniversary comprising Five Pound Crown and 26p stamp, UNC on the envelope of issue (2). Fifty Pence coin and stamp sets (2) comprising Fifty Pence 2011 Table Tennis UNC and First Class Table Tennis stamp UNC, and Fifty Pence 2011 Gymnastics and First Class Gymnastics stamp, both UNC in the packs of issue, Australia Five Dollars 1990 Anzac 75th Anniversary UNC in the Royal Australian Mint pack of issue, Tristan da Cunha One Pound 2016 Queen Elizabeth II 90th Birthday Silver Proof, Alderney One Pound 2017 Platinum Wedding Silver Proof both FDC in the soft cases of issue with certificates, GB Five Pound Crowns (8) 1993 Coronation 40th Anniversary (2), 1999 Millennium, 2000 Queen Mother 100th Birthday, 2002 Queen Mother Memorial, 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee, 2003 Coronation Golden Jubilee, 2004 100th Anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, Two Pounds (2) 1989 Bill of Rights, 1995 United Nations 50th Anniversary, EF to UNC, Fifty Pence 1973 EEC UNC, Crowns (16) 1965 (2), 1972, 1977 (5), 1980 (3), 1981 (5), EF to UNC. Medal - Makers of the Millennium 2000 Mother Teresa 1910-1997 UNC
Fifty Pence 2012 London Olympic Games - GoldMedal Winners Coin - Tennis, 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 25 of these Tennis 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
Fifty Pence 2012 Olympics TriathlonGoldPiedfort 31 grams S 4984 Spink Coins of England 2014 states only 2 minted with one being in the Royal Mint Museum, Proof FDC in a Royal Mint presentation box so in a better grade than the two previously offered in our last sale when the Tennis realised £5,000 and the Veldrome Cycling realised £6,000
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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