Great Britain 2007 50 pence KM-1073

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in gold, from the Enschede Collection
Great Britain 2007Au 50 pence rev AH.jpg
in silver, from the Enschede Collection
Great Britain 2007Ag 50 pence rev AH.jpg
in copper-nickel, from the Enschede Collection
Great Britain 2007Ni 50 pence rev AH.jpg

This fifty pence honored the centennial of the Boy Scout movement. It was struck in gold, silver and copper-nickel, the latter being for circulation. Some of the silver issues were piedforts (double thickness).

Recorded mintage: 1,250 in gold, 10,895 in silver, 7,710,750 in copper-nickel.

Specification: KM 1073b: 15.5 g, 0.917 fine gild; KM 1073a: 8 g, 0.925 fine silver; KM 1073: 8 g, copper-nickel, 27.3 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Ian Rank-Broadley.

Catalog reference: KM-1073 (copper nickel), KM-1073a (silver), KM-1073b (gold).

Source:

  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.

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