The London 2012 Olympic 50p coins have proved very popular with commemorative British Coin Collectors.
The Royal Mint estimates that up to 75% of the coins have been removed from general circulation by eagle-eyed coin hunters.
The rare Olympic 50p Coins in UK general circulation are topped by the Offside Rule Football 50p with only 1.1 million coins minted.
Most sought after are the Brilliant Uncirculated coins direct from The Royal Mint, still in their original sealed swing bags.
Referred to by The Royal Mint as the 2012 Sports Collection of 50p coins the more popular ones are Triathlon, Football (Offside Rule), Wrestling, Judo and Cycling.
If you are a collector, try to buy Rare 50p Olympic Coins still in their sealed swing bag (this is how they were sold in UK shops). It is a colourful card with the coin details and sealed in a plastic bag.
The top of the bag becomes detached easily to take care when handling!
The Completer Medallion could not be purchased (you had to earn it by collecting all the coins) so these are rare and have sold on eBay for upwards of £35 just for the medallion.
Most popular London 2012 Olympics 50p Coins?
The complete sets are very popular and have risen in value greatly especially in presentation cases.
Olympic 50p Swimming coin Lines Across the Face
One of the most sought after coins on eBay is the Aquatics 50p.
This coin was originally issued depicting a swimmer with lines across the face. After a short mint run (600 coins), the coin was redesigned to remove the lines, making the original coin very sought after by rare coin collectors.
The regular Aquatics coin isn’t the most valuable London Olympics coin and beware, there are many fakes of this coin being listed on eBay.
