It has a mintage of 210,000 and held the number one spot of rarest 50p coin between 2009 and 2023 - before being taken over by the Atlantic Salmon. With a mintage of 1,125,000, the Olympic ...

Unlike the standard 2011 Olympic 50p coins, this version was released in 2009 - two years earlier. And guess what? Only around 20,000 were ever made. "The main difference? The 2009 coin was only ...

The first of these commemorative coins – officially known as definitives – to be released was the 50p featuring the Atlantic Salmon design, entering circulation in November 2023.