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.
Fifty Pence 2012 London Olympic Games - GoldMedal Winners Coin - Equestrian, 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 22 of these Equestrian Piedforts exist
Proof Sets (14) Flat Packs (3) 1970 (2), 1972, Blue Sets (8) 1984, 1985 (2), 1986, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1996, Deluxe Display Set 2000, Standard Sets (2) 2001, 2002 nFDC to FDC in the cases of issue, One Pound 1983 NFDC in the box of issue, no certificate, Fifty Pences 1973 (5) Prooflike UNC some with toning, in the red boxes of issue, Crowns 1972 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince PhilipSilver Wedding Silver Proofs (4) FDC in the Green boxes of issue with certificates, Twenty Pence 1982 Silver Proof Piedfort FDC in the case of issue with certificate, Medal 1986 The Royal Wedding of Prince Andrew and Miss Sarah Ferguson Silver UNC in the Royal Mint box of issue with certificate, Her Majesty the Queen Equestrian Crown Collection a 3-coin set comprising Crown 1953 Coronation UNC, Crown 1977 Silver JubileeCupro-Nickel UNC and Five Pound Crown 2002 Golden Jubilee Cupro-Nickel UNC in the Royal Mint wallet of issue
Proof Sets (20) Red Leather Deluxe Sets (3) 1985, 1986, 1995, Blue Sets (14), 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 (2), 1999, Standard Sets (3) 2001, 2002, Display Set 2000 nFDC to FDC a few coins with some toning, in the boxes of issue, The Equestrian Crown Collection a 3-coin set comprising Crown 1953 UNC, Crown 1977 UNC, and Five Pound Crown 2002 UNC in the Royal Mint wallet of issue
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.
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
GB and World sets and singles comprising GB Twenty Pounds 2013 UNC on the card of issue, Five Pound Crowns (3) 1997 Golden Wedding, 1999 Diana Memorial, 2012 Diamond Jubilee - Head of Armed Forces UNC in the Royal Mint wallets of issue, Two Pounds a 2-coin set 1989 Bill and Claim of Rights UNC in the wallet of issue, One Pound 1983 (2), Crown 1981 UNC on the cards of issue, Fifty Pence 1973 EEC Cupro-nickel Proof nFDC boxed, Crown 1951 UNC boxed, The Equestrian Crown collection a 3 coin set Crown 1953, Crown 1977 and Five Pound Crown 2002 UNC in the Royal Mint wallet of issue, Britain's First Decimal Coins 1968/71 (4 sets) UNC in the wallets of issue, USA Premier SilverProof Set 1992S FDC in the box of issue, USA Proof Set 1994S FDC in the box of issue, USA One Dollar (3) 1992W The White House 200th Anniversary Silver Proof, 1993S Thomas Jefferson 250th Anniversary Silver Proof, 1995P Special Olympics World Games Silver Proof, FDC in the boxes of issue with certificates, USA a 2-coin set 1991S Mount RushmoreGolden Anniversary One Dollar and Half Dollar FDC cased as issued with certificate, USA a 2-coin set 1995 World War II 50th Anniversary One Dollar and Half Dollar Silver Proofs, FDC in the box of issue with certificate, World Proof issues (5) Bahamas Ten Dollars 1978 10th Anniversary of Independence Silver Proof, Jamaica Ten Dollars 1972 10th Anniversary of Independence Silver Proof, Gibraltar Crown 1971 Silver Proof, St. Helena Crown 1973 EIC Granting of the Royal Charter Silver Proof, Canada Dollar 1975 Calgary Silver Proof, FDC in the boxes of issue some with certificates, Malta Proof set 1977 a 3-coin set Five Pounds, Two Pounds and One Pound Silver Proofs FDC in the box of issue with certificate the box marked on the inside, Austria Thaler 1780 Maria Theresa Restrike UNC, Poland 200 Zloty 1974 Prooflike UNC, Netherlands 2 1/2 Gulden 1961 UNC, Day of the Concorde a medallic First Day Cover issue 1976 comprising Silver Medal and GB and Bahrain Stamps, UNC as issued
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 (2) 1971, 1977, Royal Mint Year Sets (14) 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (2), 2008 Royal Shield of Arms, 2008 Emblems of Britain, 2008, 2009 with 3x Two Pounds, 2009 2009, 2010 with 2x Two Pounds and 3x One Pound, 2010 England Football, Five Pound Crowns (12) 2002 Golden Jubilee, 2002 Queen Mother Memorial, 2003 Coronation 50th Anniversary, 2006 Queen Elizabeth II 80th Birthday, 2007 Diamond Jubilee, 2008 Elizabeth I 450th Anniversary of Accession, 2008 Prince of Wales 60th Birthday, 2009 Henry VIII 500th Anniversary of Accession, 2009 Countdown to the 2012 Olympic Games, 2010 Countdown to the 2012 Olympic Games, 2010 Restoration of the Monarchy, 2011 Prince Philip 90th Birthday, Five Pound Crowns a 2-coin set 2005 Nelson and Trafalgar, Two Pounds (5) 1999 Rugby, 2003 DNA, 2004 Trevithick's Locomotive, 2005 60th Anniversary of the End of World War II, 2009 Robert Burns, Two Pounds a 4-coin set 2002 Commonwealth Games, Commemorative Coins 2011 a 5-coin set Two Pounds King James Bible, Mary Rose, One Pound Cardiff and Edinburgh, Britain's New Coinage 2005 a 3-coin set Two Pounds Gunpowder Plot, One Pound Menai Straits Bridge and Fifty Pence Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, Queen Elizabeth II The Equestrian Crown Collection a 3-coin set comprising Crown 1953, Crown 1977, and Five Pound Crown 2002, Guernsey Five Pound Crowns (2) 2004 60th Anniversary of D-Day, 2004 Golden Age of Steam, Alderney Five Pound Crowns (3) 2003 Prince William 21st Birthday, 2003 Concorde, 2011 Prince William and Catherine Middleton Engagement, Medals (5) John Lennon 2005, End of World War II 60th Anniversary 2005, Marriage of The Prince of Wales to Camilla Parker-Bowles 2005, Ashes Cricket series 2009, Sir Bobby Robson 2009 UNC in the Royal Mint wallets of issue
Proof Sets (2) 1971, 1977, Royal Mint Year Sets (14) 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (2), 2008 Royal Shield of Arms, 2008 Emblems of Britain, 2008, 2009 with 3x Two Pounds, 2009 2009, 2010 with 2x Two Pounds and 3x One Pound, 2010 England Football, Five Pound Crowns (12) 2002 Golden Jubilee, 2002 Queen Mother Memorial, 2003 Coronation 50th Anniversary, 2006 Queen Elizabeth II 80th Birthday, 2007 Diamond Jubilee, 2008 Elizabeth I 450th Anniversary of Accession, 2008 Prince of Wales 60th Birthday, 2009 Henry VIII 500th Anniversary of Accession, 2009 Countdown to the 2012 Olympic Games, 2010 Countdown to the 2012 Olympic Games, 2010 Restoration of the Monarchy, 2011 Prince Philip 90th Birthday, Five Pound Crowns a 2-coin set 2005 Nelson and Trafalgar, Two Pounds (5) 1999 Rugby, 2003 DNA, 2004 Trevithick's Locomotive, 2005 60th Anniversary of the End of World War II, 2009 Robert Burns, Two Pounds a 4-coin set 2002 Commonwealth Games, Commemorative Coins 2011 a 5-coin set Two Pounds King James Bible, Mary Rose, One Pound Cardiff and Edinburgh, Britain's New Coinage 2005 a 3-coin set Two Pounds Gunpowder Plot, One Pound Menai Straits Bridge and Fifty Pence Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, Queen Elizabeth II The Equestrian Crown Collection a 3-coin set comprising Crown 1953, Crown 1977, and Five Pound Crown 2002, Guernsey Five Pound Crowns (2) 2004 60th Anniversary of D-Day, 2004 Golden Age of Steam, Alderney Five Pound Crowns (3) 2003 Prince William 21st Birthday, 2003 Concorde, 2011 Prince William and Catherine Middleton Engagement, Medals (5) John Lennon 2005, End of World War II 60th Anniversary 2005, Marriage of The Prince of Wales to Camilla Parker-Bowles 2005, Ashes Cricket series 2009, Sir Bobby Robson 2009 UNC in the Royal Mint wallets of issue
The 40th Anniversary of the Decimal Changeover coin and stamp set comprising Proof Set 1970, Proof Set 1971, plus the last ever Pre-Decimal Stamps and the first Decimal Stamps nFDC in a London Mint Box with certificates, Proof Set 1970 FDC in case, Royal Mint Year Sets (2) 1998, 2003, The Equestrian Crown Collection a 3-coin set comprising Crown 1953, Crown 1977, and Five Pound Crown 2002, The Coronation Anniversary Collection comprising a 1953 set Crown to Farthing (10 coins) and 2003 Set Five Pound Crown to Penny (9 coins), Five Pound Crowns (7) 1999 Diana (2), 2002 Golden Jubilee, 2009 Countdown to London 2012, 2010 Countdown to London 2012, 2010 Churchill, 2011 Countdown to London 2012, Five Pound Crowns a 2-coin set 2005 Nelson and Trafalgar, Two Pounds (2) 2004 Trevithick' Locomotive, 2005 50th Anniversary of the End of World War II, Two Pounds a 4-coin set 2002 Commonwealth Games, Fifty Pences (3) 1992/3 EU, 1994 D-Day Landings, 2004 50th Anniversary of the 4-minute mile, UNC in the Royal Mint wallets of issue, Britain's First Decimal Coins 1968/71 UNC in the blue wallet of issue
Coin Covers. Mint Sets etc. (5) Coin Cover 2000 with Five Pound CrownQueen Mother UNC, Coin Cover 2000 with Five Pound Crown Millennium SilverProof, Book 'Royal Mint Collector Coins - The Story Behind the 2007 Coins' as new, Her Majesty the Queen EquestrianCollection comprising Crowns (2) 1953, 1977, and Five Pound Crown 2002, 1953-2003 UK CoronationAnniversary Collection comprising UNC sets 1953 and 2003 in the Royal Mint wallet of issue
GB and World Proof and UNC boxed items (51) The Queen's Silver Jubilee 1977 a set of 8 Crowns from Jersey, Mauritius, Tristan Da Cunha, Seychelles, Guernsey, Gibraltar, St. Helena, and Great Britain nFDC in the red Spink case of issue with certificate, GB Silver Proof Piedfort Collection 2003 a three-coin set comprising Two Pounds, One Pound and Fifty Pence Votes for Women FDC cased as issued with certificate, Five Pound Crown 2000 Queen Mother Silver Proof Piedfort cased FDC with certificate, Crowns 1977 Silver Proofs (4, three in the cases of issue with certificates), Proof Sets Flat packs (13) 1970, 1971 (2), 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 (2), 1978, 1981, 1982, Proof Set 1983 Blue these nFDC-FDC some of the earlier sets with toning, Proof Sets (2) Bahamas 1973 FDC cased, British Virgin Islands 1973 FDC cased, Iceland Proof Set 1874 a two-coin set 1100 Years of the Settlement FDC cased, Alderney Five Pound Crown 2007 Silver Proofs (2) FDC in capsules in the envelopes of issue, GB Two Pounds Silver Britannia 2003 (2) UNC on the cards of issue, Canada 20 Dollars 2005 Silver Proof with diamond hologram, St.Helena 25 Pence Crown 1973 Silver Proof FDC cased, Liberia 20 Dollars 2000 Silver Proof FDC in capsule, Isle of Man (7) Crowns (5) 1974 Silver Proof, 1976 Silver Proof, 1977 Silver Proof, 1978 Silver Proof nFDC-FDC some with toning, One Pound 1978 (2) Proof FDC cased, GB Royal Mint Year Sets (2) 1983, 2003, GB One Pound 1988 UNC in the wallet of issue, GB 'The Royal Portrait Collection' comprising Crown 1965 UNC, Crown 1972 UNC, Five Pound Crown 1990 UNC and Five Pound Crown 1998 UNC in the wallet of issue, GB 'The Equestrian Crown Collection' comprising Crown 1953 UNC, Crown 1977 UNC and Five Pound Crown 2002 UNC in the wallet of issue, plus unofficial pre-Decimal Coin Sets (7) 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, GB First and Last set these in mixed higher grades, plus New Zealand seven coin set 1967 in unofficial case UNC
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