2010 Fifty Pence

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Two different 50p designs were made dated 2010, but only one of those was made in high enough numbers to be intended for circulation. The coin with the standard (new) design featuring the bottom section of the Royal Coat of Arms was only issued and sold in Royal Mint year-sets. The commemorative coin for 2010 marks the centenary of the Girlguides.

Obverse Type 5 (bust design by Ian Rank-Broadley):

Reverse Type 4 (design by Matthew Dent):

Mintage for Circulation: None (69,189 were sold in ‘BU’ year-sets).

Collectability/Scarcity: 3 (for scale details see here)

The story behind the design:

The obverse portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley was used on all UK coinage from 1998 to 2014 and for some 2015 coins. It was the fourth portrait of the Queen used on coinage. For the new design 50p coins the design on the reverse is best suited for a coin with its ‘point’ facing downwards, so to accommodate this the obverse has also been rotated.

The reverse design, by Matthew Dent shows the bottom part of the shield of the Royal Coat of Arms.

 

Commemorative 50p coin, Type 15 (info on coin type numbers here):

Obverse Type 4 (bust design by Ian Rank-Broadley):

Reverse Type (design by Jonathan Evans and Donna Hainan):

Mintage for Circulation: 7,410,090.

Collectability/Scarcity: 1 (for scale details see here)

The story behind the design:

The obverse portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley was used on all UK coinage from 1998 to 2014 and for some 2015 coins. It was the fourth portrait of the Queen used on coinage.

The reverse design, by Jonathan Evans and Donna Hainan shows Girl Guide emblems and the words ‘CELEBRATING ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF GIRLGUIDING UK’. The Girlguides was established by Agnes Baden-Powell, the sister of the Scouting founder Robert Baden-Powell, in 1910:

http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/about_us/key_information/history.aspx

 

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