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2016 Rio Olympic Games Team GB Piedfort 50p Silver Proof Coin Box Coa

SKU P50SC-021000
£179.95
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Product Details
UPC: 5026177342083
Product Code: UK16GBPF
Manufacturer: Royal Mint
Issuing Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2016
Monarch: Elizabeth II (1953 - 2022)
Collections: Rio Olympic Games
Series / Ranges: Team GB
Denomination: 50p
Metal: Silver
Purity: .925
Metal Content: 0.4758 Troy Ounce
Weight: 16.00 Grams
Diameter: 27.30mm
Quality: Silver Proof Piedfort
Mintage: 1,296 Worldwide
Presentation: Boxed with Certificate

In 2016 to celebrate the Olympic Games held in Rio and Team GB's participation, the Royal Mint released a special Limited Issue Team GB Rio Piedfort 50p Fifty Pence Silver Proof Coin struck in solid .925 Sterling Silver.

The reverse designed Tim Sharp features a swimmer, a design that celebrates the Olympic spirit and the athletes that compete while the obverse design depicts the Fifth Portrait of Elizabeth II by Jody Clark.
These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.

Piedforts are coins which have been specially struck on thicker than normal blanks.
As their name suggests they are closely associated with France, where from the twelfth century they were apparently issued by the Kings as presentation pieces.
In Britain the practise of striking piedforts is later and less frequent, but medieval and Tudor examples are known.

  • Limited Mintage of 1,296 Worldwide
  • Piedfort Double the Thickness and Weight of its Standard Counterpart
  • Minted in Solid .925 Sterling Silver
  • Celebrating the Olympic Games in Rio and Team GB's Participation
  • Royal Mint Boxed with Certificate of Authenticity
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