Each 50p features a different Olympic sport. Goalball was added to the 1976 Summer Paralympic Games in Toronto, Canada. The sport is designed for athletes with impaired vision and involves teams of three attempting to throw an audible ball into the opposing team’s goal.
- Issued to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of health secretary Aneurin Bevan establishing the National Health Service in 1948. The principle aim was to provide a health service available to all and financed entirely from taxation. The coin was designed by David Cornell, who is most famous for his Diana Princess of Wales Memorial £5 coin design.
- U.K 50p Coins 1998 NHS 50p. Rated 4.91 out of 5 (43) SKU: n/a.
*** UPDATE ***
The winners have now been selected! Their designs have been brought to life on virtual 50p coins, which you can see in this video:
We all know what an incredible job our doctors, nurses, paramedics – indeed all our fabulous Key Workers are doing to help us through this challenging time.
So much so that last night, people all across the UK leaned out of their windows or stood at their doors to applaud our heroes for their hard work
And now we’re calling all our Change Checker Juniors to design a 50p just for them, as another way to show appreciation.
If you’d like to get involved, all you need to do is follow these simple steps:
1. Download this PDF and print it out.
2. Create your Key Worker Heroes design and fill in the details on the page. You can take inspiration from the UK 50ps listed on our web app!
3. Photograph your design.
4. Post a photo of your design in the comments on this Facebook post
The TOP 5 designs will be brought to life in an animation and featured in a Change Checker video, which will be available to watch on the 13th April.
Entries close at 9am on Thursday 9th April, so don’t delay!
Best of luck and happy designing!
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Three different 50p coins were issued in 1998. The standard Britannia design and two commemorative coins – one to mark the 25th anniversary since joining the EEC and another for the 50th anniversary of the NHS.
The Standard Design:
Obverse Type 4 (bust design by Ian Rank-Broadley):
Reverse Type 3 (design by Christopher Ironside):
Mintage for Circulation: 64,306,500.
Collectability/Scarcity: 1 (for scale details see here)
The story behind the design:
The obverse portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley was used on all UK coinage from 1998 to 2014 and also on some coins dated 2015. It was the fourth portrait of the Queen used on coinage.
The reverse design, by Christopher Ironside, shows Briannia seated. Britannia had appeared on at least one British coin denomination since the 1670s, and in fact long before that there were Roman coins showing the word ‘BRITANNIA’ and the helmeted female representation of Britannia to celebrate the Roman capture of Britain.
Commemorative 50p coin, Type 4:
Obverse Type 4 (bust design by Ian Rank-Broadley):
Nhs 50p Worth
Reverse Type (design by David Cornell):
Nhs 50p 2020
Mintage for Circulation: 5,043,000.
Collectability/Scarcity: 1 (for scale details see here)
The story behind the design:
The obverse portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley was used on all UK coinage from 1998 to 2014 and also on some coins dated 2015. It was the fourth portrait of the Queen used on coinage.
The reverse design, by John Mills shows the twelve EU stars. In 1998 the UK marked the joining of the EEC in 1973 and also the UK presidency of the Council of Ministers. The 50p denomination has been used to mark a number of European related events over the years. The EEC was originally created in 1957:
Commemorative 50p coin, Type 5:
Obverse Type 4 (bust design by Ian Rank-Broadley):
Reverse Type (design by David Cornell):
Mintage for Circulation: 5,001,000.
Collectability/Scarcity: 1 (for scale details see here)
The story behind the design:
The obverse portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley was used on all UK coinage from 1998 to 2014 and also on some coins dated 2015. It was the fourth portrait of the Queen used on coinage.
The reverse design, by David Cornell shows caring hands holding sun’s rays. The National Health Service was formed in 1948 to be free at the point of delivery:
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