The fencing 50p is the 11 th coin in the Royal Mint’s 29-fifty pence coin series featuring Olympic and Paralympic sports. Italy ranked the highest in the medal standings with seven medals, including three gold medals. The 2012 Games had six individual and four team events. The foil is a light thrusting style weapon, while the épée is a heavy thrusting style weapon, and the sabre is a light cutting and thrusting style weapon. Olympic fencing has three forms: foil, épée, and sabre.
With the women’s fencing competition becoming a part of the Summer Games at Paris in 1924, men and women compete in both individual and team events. Fencing has been a part of the Summer Olympic Games since the modern version of the Games started in 1896.
