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Auction: 24004 - British and World Coins and Medals Spring Auction
Lot: 331

Elizabeth II (1952-2022), The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Commemorative Fifty Pence, 2011, "Aquatics", 'Lines over Face' Variety, crowned bust right, rev. Swimmer with water lines over face, 8.01g, 12h (Spink 4961A), brilliant uncirculated but unsealed, yet still housed in original Royal Mint card presentation, one of only 600 believed struck before the dies were modified, the fabled rarity of the modern 50-Pence collector's market

Provenance

Has been with the current consignor since 2011, who purchased it from the Olympic Shop on the 5th floor of John Lewis, Oxford Street.



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Sold for
£2,700

Starting price
£1500