On offer is a circulated UK commemorative 50p piece coin of the 50th Anniversary of the first four-minute mile by Roger Bannister.
Specifications
Issued 2004
Diameter 27.30 mm
Weight 8.00g
Thickness 1.78 mm
Composition Cupro-nickel (75% copper, 25%nickel)
Obverse Designers Portrait of Her Majesty the Queen 2004 - Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS
Reverse Designer James Butler
Edge Plain
Mintage 9,032,500
Obverse design features the legs of a running athlete with a stylised stopwatch in the background and the value 50 PENCE below. The fifty pence reverse design for 2004 celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Roger Bannister's astonishing feat of human achievement – breaking the four-minute mile barrier. The coin's reverse was designed by celebrated sculptor, James Butler RA, whose design conveys the sense of dedication and commitment to achieving a formidable goal which Roger Bannister did in 1954.
Becoming much less common in current circulation. Three available, price is for each individual coin.
A great collectible, especially to plug those gaps/complete your collection or for any numismatists.
Will be securely and safely packaged in appropriate material to ensure they arrive in the condition they were posted.
Thanks for looking.