Front Design:
Two figures fencing, with the London 2012 logo above and the denomination, "50 PENCE", below.
 
Obverse Design:
Queen Elizabeth II portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS
 
More about the Fencing 50p
Fencing is a combat sport using three blade weapons; foil, sabre and epee. It is one of only four sports that have featured at every modern Olympic Games. Ruth Summerfield, a radiologist from Stoke-on-Trent submitted the winning 50p design having been inspired by her friend who is a fencer.