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 - Cycling, Gold ProofPiedfort FDC and in the Royal Mint's presentation case with certificate number 23 of 29. 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 Cycling Piedforts exist. These rare coins have been offered by us in three different presentation formats raw, in NGC slabs and in Royal Mint presentation boxes, also comes with the Chief Engraver Master Proofs card
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
GB and World Numismatic Covers comprising GB covers (6) 2008 Prince Charles 60th Birthday comprising Five Pound Crown 2008 Silver Proof FDC and set of 2 stamps, first class and 27p, on the commemorative envelope as issued and in the wallet of issue with certificate, 2009 London Olympic Games comprising Five Pound Crown 2009 London Olympics 3-Year Countdown Silver Proof with coloured Olympic logo on the reverse FDC, and set of 10 first class stamps, each depicting a different Olympic Sport, on the commemorative envelope as issued, in the wallet of issue with certificate, 2011 The Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton (2 sets), each comprising Five Pound Crown 2011 Silver Proof FDC and set of 2 stamps, first class and £1.10, on the commemorative envelopes as issued, in the wallets of issue with certificates, 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee comprising Five Pound Crown 2012 Gold-plated Silver Proof FDC and 2 stamps, first class and £1.10, on the commemorative envelope as issued, in the wallet of issue with certificate, 2012 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Charles Dickens comprising Two Pounds 2012 Silver Proof nFDC and set of 6 Stamps Second Class, First Class, 77p, 87p, £1.28 and £1.90 on the commemorative envelope as issued, in the wallet of issue, World Covers (7) Guernsey/British Virgin Islands (2) 2009 40th Anniversary of the First Moon Landing comprising Guernsey Five Pounds 2009 Reverse: Lunar Module in lunar landscape with a coloured Earth in the sky Silver Proof FDC, with British Virgin Islands stamp, on the commemorative envelopes as issued, in the wallet of issue with certificates (2 sets), Jersey (5) British Legion 'Lest We Forget' 2008 comprising Five Pounds 2008 Poppy-shaped Silver Proof FDC and First Class Stamp, on the commemorative envelope as issued, in the wallet of issue with certificate, British Legion 'Lest We Forget' 2011 comprising Five Pounds 2011 Poppy-shaped Silver Proof with gold plated centre FDC and 2 First Class Stamps, on the commemorative envelopes as issued, in the wallets of issue with certificates (2 sets), 2013 Flying Scotsman 90th Anniversary comprising Five Pounds 2013 Silver Proof with gold highlighting FDC with 8 Stamps, 4 Second Class and 4 First Class, on the commemorative envelope as issued, in the wallet of issue with certificate, 2013 Coronation Jubilee comprising Five Pounds 2013 Silver Proof with gold highlighting nFDC with light toning and set of 4 First Class stamps with 1953 type designs, on the commemorative envelope as issued, in the wallet of issue with certificate, Guernsey Five Pounds 2011 350th Anniversary of the Crown Jewels - St. Edward's Crown Silver Proof with Gold highlighting FDC in a Westminster box with certificate, Medallic issues (2) Numisproof undated 2012 issue 2oz. Silver Proof with London scene of Big Ben, and the London Bus and Taxi FDC with coloured reverse, boxed as issue with certificate, 2010 The Royal Engagement of Prince William and Catherine Middleton Silver Proof with gold highlighted reverse FDC boxed with certificate, GB and World a 10-coin mixed set comprising GB Fifty Pence 2011 Olympics - Cycling Silver UNC, Jersey (4) Five Pounds 2006 Great Britons - Sir WinstonChurchill Silver Proof nFDC, Two Pounds 2011 A Lifetime of Service Queen Elizabeth II 85th Birthday/Prince Philip 90th Birthday Silver Proof nFDC with gold highlighted reverse, Jersey Two Pounds 2010 Revolution to Restoration Silver Proofs nFDC to FDC, Guernsey (3) Five Pounds 2008 History of the Royal Air Force - Battle of Britain 1940 Silver Proof FDC, Guernsey Two Pounds 2010 British Isles at War Silver Proofs (2) FDC, Falkland Islands Crown 2007 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Robert Baden-Powell Silver Proof FDC, The Museum Collection a modern Replica of the iconic Edward III Double Leopard in Gold plated silver, in a Westminster box, 8 with certificates
One Pound a 4-coin set 1994-1997 Silver Proof Piedforts, One Pound 1998 Silver Proof Piedfort, One Pound Silver Proofs (2) 1989, 1990, Twenty pence 1982 Silver Proof Piedfort, Ten Pence a 2-coin set 1992 Large and Small sizes Silver Proofs, Five Pence 1990 a 2-coin set Silver Proofs nFDC to FDC, a few with light toning, in the Royal Mint boxes of issue with certificates. Royal Mint Year Set 1986 UNC, Last £sd set 1965-1967 (8 coins) Halfcrown to Halfpenny UNC in the Royal Mint wallets of issue. Coin and Banknote Set comprising Five Pound Crown 1997 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince PhilipGolden JubileeCupro-Nickel UNC and Five Pounds Kentfield HM50 002364 UNC in the wallet of issue. Britannia Fifty Pounds 2015 Silver UNC on the Royal Mint card of issue. Twenty Pounds (2) 2013 Silver and 2016 Queen Elizabeth II 90th Birthday Silver both BU on the Royal Mint cards of issue. Five Pound Crowns (10) 1996 Queen Elizabeth II 70th Birthday, 1998 Prince of Wales 50th Birthday, 2000 Queen Mother 100th Birthday, 2006 Queen Elizabeth II 80th Birthday, 2007 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Diamond Wedding, 2012 London Olympic Games, 2012 London Paralympic Games, 2014 300th Anniversary of the Death of Queen Anne, 2015 50th Anniversary of the Death of Sir WinstonChurchill, 2017 Queen Elizabeth II Sapphire Jubilee, Two Pounds 1999 RugbyWorld Cup, One Pound (3) 2016 The Last Round Pound, 2017 Nations of the Crown (2), UNC in the Royal Mint packs of issue. Fifty Pences 2011 The London 2012Sports Collection a 6-coin set comprising Aquatics, Cycling, Basketball, Gymnastics, Boxing and Football issues all UNC to BU in silver, 4 with certificates, in the box of issue. Fifty Pences (4) 1994 D-Day Landings 50th Anniversary, 2011 London Olympics 2012 - Basketball, 2011 London 2012 Olympics - Cycling UNC. 2016 Olympic Team GB. Crown 1981 Royal Wedding of Prince Charles UNC in a slide case. Numismatic First Day Covers (9) 1996 comprising Five Pound Crown Queen Elizabeth II 70th Birthday and 4x First Class stamps, 1997 comprising Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Golden Wedding with 26p stamp, 1999 comprising Five Pound Crown Diana Memorial and set of 5x 26p portrait stamps, 2000 Millennium comprising Five Pound Crown 2000 and set of 4x 64p stamps, 2015 comprising Five Pound Crown Queen Elizabeth II - The Longest Reigning Monarch and set of 5 stamps (First Class x 3 and £1.52 x 2), 1994 Tercentenary of the Bank of England comprising Two Pounds 1994 and 4x First Class stamps with commemorative label, 1995 End of World War II comprising Two Pounds 1995 Peace Dove with 25p and 19p stamps, 1985 First Day of Issue of Welsh £1 coin comprising One Pound 1985 Wales and £1 stamp, 1988 First Day of issue of UK £1, comprising One Pound 1988 and £1 stamp, all covers UNC on the envelopes as issued. World Proof Items (4) Bahamas Ten Dollars 1978 Fifth Anniversary of Independence Silver Proof, Falkland Islands Two Pounds 1991 Tenth Wedding Anniversary of The Prince and Princess of Wales Silver Proof, Tristan da Cunha Fifty Pence 1987 Ruby Wedding of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Silver Proof, Alderney Five Pounds 2007 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Diamond Wedding Hexagonal Silver Proof, nFDC to FDC in the Royal Mint boxes of issue with certificates. Alderney Five Pounds 2007 The Legacy of Diana, Princess of Wales UNC in the wallet of issue. World Numismatic First Day Covers (2) 1989 comprising Two Pounds 1989 Royal Visit UNC and 30p stamp UNC on the envelope of issue, Turks and Caicos Islands 1997 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Golden Wedding comprising Five Crowns 1997 UNC and $2 stamp UNC on the envelope of issue
Fifty Pence 2012 London Olympic Games - GoldMedal Winners Coin - Cycling, 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 Cycling 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
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
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
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
Proof Sets (5) Blue Set 1989, Red Leather Deluxe 2007, Standard Sets 2009, 2010, Deluxe Set 2012, Five Pound Crowns (2) 2008 Queen Elizabeth I 450th Anniversary of AccessionSilver Proof, 2011 Prince Philip 90th Birthday Silver Proof, Two Pounds 2009 Charles Darwin Silver Proof, One Pound 2011 Cardiff Silver Proof, Royal Mint Year Sets (7) 1983 Heinz (2), 1986, 1987, 1988, 2007, 2008 UNC in the wallets of issue, Five Pound Crowns a 2-coin set 2009 and 2010 Countdown to the London 2012Olympics (2 parts of a 4-coin set), Five Pound Crowns (11) 2002 Queen Mother Memorial, 2003 Coronation 50th Anniversary, 2007 Diamond Wedding (2), 2008 450th Anniversary of the Accession of Queen Elizabeth I, 2008 Prince of Wales 60th Birthday, 2009 Henry VIII 400th Anniversary of Reign (2), 2010 450th Anniversary of the Restoration of the Monarchy, 2010 Celebration of Britain/Churchill, 2011 Prince Philip 90th Birthday, Two Pounds Silver Britannia (2) 2008, 2010 UNC in the Royal Mint packets of issue, Two Pounds (4) 1986 Commonwealth Games (2), 2009 Charles Darwin, 2009 Robert Burns, One Pound (5) 1983, 2010 London (2), 2010 Belfast (2) UNC on the cards of issue, Fifty Pence (2) 2007 100 Years of Scouting, 2011 London Olympics Cycling UNC on the cards of issue, Guernsey Two Pounds 1986 Commonwealth Games UNC in the wallet of issue, Canada Year Set 1965 UNC
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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