Volleyball 50p

Description

Front Design:
Three female athletes competing in a beach volleyball scene where the sun is represented by the ball itself, with the London 2012 logo above and the denomination “50 PENCE” below. Designed by Daniela Bootham.

Obverse Design:
Queen Elizabeth II portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley.
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More about the Volleyball 50p

Issued as one of the 29 Olympic 50p designs to commemorate the games in London 2012. Each 50p features a different Olympic sport.

The winning designer for the Volleyball 50p was Daniela Bootham, a Barclays Bank sales rep from Leyland. She chose volleyball as it stood out to her as a more obscure sport.

Olympic volleyball consists of both beach volleyball and indoor volleyball, which both follow the same basic rules.