Coins of England and Great BritainDecimal Olympic & Paralympic Fifty Pence

Decimal Olympic & Paralympic Fifty Pence

In total there are 28 commemorative 50p's for the Olympic & Paralympic Games, each coin design represents a sport in the games. OBVERSE - Right facing portrait of a much older Elizabeth II redesigned by Ian Rank-Broadly and the inscription "ELIZABETH·II D·G·REG·F·D" followed by the date. REVERSE - Diffent designs and the inscription "50 PENCE".

Aquatics The reverse was designed by Jonathan Olliffe a sculptor and designer from Oxford.

Archery The reverse was designed by Piotr Powaga. He is not a full time artist and works as a agronomist. He enjoys calligraphy and design as a hobby.

Athletics The reverse was designed by Florence Jackson. At the time of designing she was only 9 years old, this makes her the first child to design a British coin and the youngest.

Badminton The reverse was designed by Emma Kelly from London who works as an illustrator.

Boccia The reverse was designed by Justin Chung. At the time of designing he was a student at the Manchester School of Architecture.

Boxing The reverse was designed by Shane Abery from Reading. He works as a delivery driver and only entered the competition with encouragement from his friends.

Basketball The reverse was designed by Sarah Payne from Cardiff. She works as a toy designer.

Canoeing The reverse was designed by Timothy Lees from Wiltshire. He is a sculptor who works in stone and has been elected member of the Master Carvers Association.

Cycling The reverse was designed by Theo Crutchley-Mack, at the time of designing the reverse he was a student in art and design.

Equestrian The reverse was designed by Thomas Babbage, he has a degree in art but at the time of designing he was in Australia persueing a carrier teaching English.

Fencing The reverse was designed by Ruth Summerfield from Stoke-on-Trent, he works as in health care as a radiologist.

Football The reverse was designed by Neil Wolfson from London, He works as a production journalist. The design tries to explain the ever confusing rule of offside.

Goalball The reverse was designed by Jonathan Wren from Buckinghamshire. He is a freelance animator who has worked for Dream Works films.

Gymnastics The reverse was designed by Jonathan Olliffe a sculptor and designer from Oxford.

Handball The reverse was designed by Natasha Ratcliffe, she is a sculptor specialized in design of both medals and coins.

Hockey The reverse was designed by Robert Evans from Cardiff, he is an engraver who works for the Royal Mint and he competed alongside everyone else to have his design chosen.

Judo The reverse was designed by David Cornell from Bexhill on Sea, he is a painter and sculptor.

The Modern Pentathlon The reverse was designed by Daniel Brittain from Derby, he is a web developer who decided upon designing the Modern Pentathlon as he felt it would be a challenge to represent all five sports on the same coin.

Rowing The reverse was designed by David Podmore from East Yorkshire, he is a graphic designer.

Sailing The reverse was designed by Bruce Rushin from Norfolk, he is a art and design high school teacher with experience in coin design as he also designed the first decimal two pound coin.

Shooting The reverse was designed by Pravin Dewdhory from London, he is a graphic designer and he continued the style of design used for the Olympics logo in his design.

Taekwondo The reverse was designed by David Gibbons from Derbyshire, he is a retired social worker who indulges himself in his life long passion for art.

Table Tennis The reverse was designed by Alan Linsdell from Manchester, he is a retired illustrator who also has a love for Table Tennis.

Tennis The reverse was designed by Tracy Baines from Peterborough. She has had a very creative carrier path starting as a jewelery designer then retraining and working in the film industry sculpting designing and dressing sets and now she has started writing children's books.

Triathlon The reverse was designed by Sarah Harvey from London, She works as a graphic designer.

Volleyball The reverse was designed by Daniela Boothman from Leyland, She works as a Bank Rales Representative.

Weightlifting The reverse was designed by Rob Shakespeare from Manchester. He is a Police Officer and used to be a body builder and wrestler.

Wheelchair Rugby The reverse was designed by Natasha Ratcliffe.

Wrestling The reverse was designed by Roderick Enriquez from London He works as a graphic designer but started out in the finance industry.