2010 Girlguiding 50p
The 2010 Girlguiding 50p is a circulating 50p with 7.41 million made. Value band: face value. Here is how to recognize it, what makes one worth more and what to check on yours.
- Year
- 2010
- Circulation mintage
- 7,410,090
- Value band
- Face value
- Designer
- Jonathan Evans and Donna Hainan
Original illustration of the coin's shape and metal. Tap to flip. Not a picture of the actual design.
Face value · Small premium · Collector premium · Significant rarity. We use bands because prices change daily.
What is a 2010 Girlguiding 50p worth?
7.41 million were made, so the 2010 Girlguiding 50p is easy to find. A circulated one is worth face value; collectors pay a little more only for uncirculated coins and coins still in their original Royal Mint pack.
What would make yours worth more:
- Uncirculated condition with no scratches or contact marks
- Original Royal Mint pack or presentation folder
- A genuine mint error, confirmed by an expert
For market prices, look at recent sold results for the same coin in the same condition, not asking prices.
Quick answers
- Is the 2010 Girlguiding 50p rare?
- No. 7.41 million were made, so circulated examples are worth face value.
- How many 2010 Girlguiding 50p coins were made?
- 7,410,090 were struck for circulation.
- Who designed the 2010 Girlguiding 50p?
- The design is credited to Jonathan Evans and Donna Hainan.
- What is the 2010 Girlguiding 50p made of?
- Cupronickel (75% copper, 25% nickel). It weighs 8.0 g and measures 27.3 mm, with a seven-sided (equilateral curve heptagon) shape.
- Is the 2010 Girlguiding 50p still legal tender?
- Yes. Every 27.3 mm 50p, including commemoratives, is legal tender in the UK.
Why the 2010 Girlguiding 50p was made
Girl Guides began in 1910, after a group of girls turned up at a Scout rally at Crystal Palace in 1909 and asked to take part. Robert Baden-Powell asked his sister Agnes to set up a separate movement for them and Guiding grew quickly across Britain and beyond. Today the organization in the United Kingdom is known as Girlguiding and it runs Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers for girls and young women of different ages. The trefoil badge, its three leaves standing for the three parts of the Guide promise, has been worn by members for generations.
The centenary in 2010 was marked with a 50p carrying the words Celebrating 100 years of Girlguiding UK. It followed the 2007 Scouting coin, giving the two sister movements a 50p each. Jonathan Evans and Donna Hainan created the design and 7,410,090 were struck for circulation. It sits between the scarce Kew Gardens coin of 2009 and the wave of Olympic sports designs dated 2011 and it was the only commemorative 50p of its year. For many families with a Brownie or Guide at home it became a coin worth putting aside.
How to recognize it
Six trefoils, the three-leaved emblem of Girlguiding, are joined into a hexagon at the center of the reverse. Around them runs the inscription Celebrating 100 years of Girlguiding UK, which spells out exactly what the coin marks. The trefoils make it easy to tell apart from the 2007 Scouting coin, which uses a fleur-de-lis over a globe. Ian Rank-Broadley's portrait of the Queen fills the other side. On a worn coin the trefoils can blur together, so look for the distinct three-leaved shapes around the hexagon. Size is the modern 27.3 mm and the edge is plain. The design is the joint work of Jonathan Evans and Donna Hainan.
The other side carries Ian Rank-Broadley's portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, used from 1998 to 2015.
2010 Girlguiding 50p by the numbers
In mintage terms the 2010 Girlguiding 50p ranks 56th lowest of 76 circulating 50p coins with a published mintage. The next scarcer is the 2013 Christopher Ironside 50p (7 million); the next more common is the 2007 Scouting 50p (7.71 million).
For scale, the most common is the 1973 EEC Hands 50p with 89.8 million, about 12 times as many. The scarcest is the 1992 Single Market 50p with 109,000, 68 times fewer than this one.
It was the only circulating commemorative 50p dated 2010. The regular Royal Shield reverse was not struck for circulation that year, so this design was the only new 50p most people could find in change.
What to check on your 2010 Girlguiding 50p
- Confirm the design. The reverse should match the Girlguiding described above and carry the date 2010; similar designs from other years are a common mix-up.
- Weigh it if you can: a genuine 27.3 mm 50p weighs 8.0 g. Copies are often light, slightly soft in detail or the wrong color.
- Ignore painted or colored versions sold online as special editions. Color added after the coin left the Mint does not make it a Royal Mint issue and does not add collector value.
- Look at the surfaces under a bright light. Coins straight from a pack have unbroken luster; change-worn coins show scuffs on the high points of the portrait and design.
At over 7.4 million, the Girlguiding coin is a common circulating design and worn examples are face value pieces. Its appeal comes from the subject: many former Brownies and Guides keep one and it pairs well with the Scouting coin. For a better example, look at the inner edges of the trefoils and the small lettering around the rim, which wear down first. An uncirculated coin has a smooth, unmarked field inside the hexagon, while one from change usually shows scratches and a dull tone.
Mintage chart
Specifications
| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Denomination | 50 pence |
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
| Year | 2010 |
| Circulation mintage | 7,410,090 |
| Composition | Cupronickel (75% copper, 25% nickel) |
| Weight | 8.0 g |
| Diameter | 27.3 mm |
| Shape | Seven-sided (equilateral curve heptagon) |
| Edge | Plain |
| Designer | Jonathan Evans and Donna Hainan |
| Portrait | Rank-Broadley |
Frequently asked questions
How many Girlguiding 50p coins are there?
The Royal Mint struck 7,410,090 Girlguiding 50ps for circulation in 2010. That's a mid-range figure for a commemorative 50p, so the coin is easy to find in change and circulated examples carry no premium.
What are the symbols on the Girlguiding 50p?
They are trefoils, the emblem of Girlguiding. Six of them are joined to form a hexagon in the center of the coin, with the words Celebrating 100 years of Girlguiding UK running around the edge.
Mintage figures: Fifty pence (British coin) (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0), compiled from Royal Mint figures. How we build these pages.