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50 cent: coins

1870–2026 · Canada · 235 types

In the catalogue: circulation coins — 19, commemorative coins — 4, collector coins — 212.

The heaviest coin is 11.66 g: silver, 1910–1911. The lightest is 6.9 g: steel, 1999–2026.

How the coin changed

Coins are shown to one scale, the bar marks the years of issue.

  1. 1870–1910 · silver · 11.62 g · 29.72 mm

  2. 1910–1911 · silver · 11.66 g · 29.72 mm

  3. 1912–1919 · silver · 11.62 g · 29.72 mm

  4. 1920–1966 · silver · 11.66 g · 29.72 mm

  5. 1968–2000 · nickel · 8.1 g · 27.13 mm

  6. 1999–2026 · steel · 6.9 g · 27.13 mm

Victoria

50 cent — Canada (1870–1901)
KM# 6
1870–1901 · Silver 		+

Edward VII

50 cent — Canada (1902–1910)
KM# 12
1902–1910 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1910)
KM# 12
1910 · Silver 		+

George V

50 cent — Canada (1911)
KM# 19
1911 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1912–1919)
KM# 25
1912–1919 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1920–1936)
KM# 25
1920–1936 · Silver 		+

George VI

50 cent — Canada (1937–1947)
KM# 36
1937–1947 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1948–1952)
KM# 45
1948–1952 · Silver 		+

Elizabeth II

50 cent — Canada (1953–1958)
KM# 53
1953–1958 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1959–1964)
KM# 56
1959–1964 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1965–1966)
KM# 63
1965–1966 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1967) — Wolf
KM# 69
1967 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1968–1989)
KM# 75
1968–1989 · Nickel 		+
50 cent — Canada (1977)
KM# 75
1977 · Nickel 		+
50 cent — Canada (1990–1996)
KM# 185
1990–1996 · Nickel 		+
50 cent — Canada (1992) — Royal coat of arms
KM# 208
1992 · Nickel 		+
50 cent — Canada (1995) — Atlantic Puffin
KM# 261
1995 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1995) — Whooping Crane
KM# 262
1995 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1995) — Gray Jays
KM# 263
1995 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1995) — White-tailed Ptarmigans
KM# 264
1995 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1996) — Moose Calf
KM# 283
1996 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1996) — Wood Ducklings
KM# 284
1996 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1996) — Cougar Kittens
KM# 285
1996 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1996) — Black Bear Cubs
KM# 286
1996 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1996)
KM# 185
1996 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1997–2000)
KM# 290
1997–2000 · Nickel 		+
50 cent — Canada (1997–2003)
KM# 290
1997–2003 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1997) — Duck Tolling Retriever
KM# 292
1997 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1997) — Labrador Retriever
KM# 293
1997 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1997) — Newfoundland
KM# 294
1997 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1997) — Eskimo Dog
KM# 295
1997 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1998) — 20 Years Canadian Auto Racing: Grand Prix F1 Auto Racing
KM# 328
1998 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1998) — First Overseas Canadian Soccer Tour
KM# 327
1998 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1998) — Canadian Sports: Figure Skating
KM# 314
1998 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1998) — Canadian Sports: Ski Racing
KM# 315
1998 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1998) — Killer Whale
KM# 318
1998 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1998) — RCM Anniversary: Royal Canadian Mint
KM# 313
1998 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1998) — Humpback whale
KM# 319
1998 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1998) — Beluga Whale
KM# 320
1998 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1998) — Blue Whale
KM# 321
1998 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1999–2003)
KM# 290
1999–2003 · Steel 		+
50 cent — Canada (1999) — Canadian Sports: Invention of Basketball
KM# 371
1999 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1999) — First International Yacht Race
KM# 334
1999 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1999) — Cymric
KM# 335
1999 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1999) — Tonkinese
KM# 336
1999 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1999) — Cougar
KM# 337
1999 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1999) — Lynx
KM# 338
1999 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1999) — Canadian Sports: 1904 Open Golf Championship
KM# 333
1999 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (1999) — Canadian Sports: Grey Cup
KM# 372
1999 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2000) — Great Horned Owl
KM# 389
2000 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2000) — Red-tailed Hawk
KM# 390
2000 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2000) — Osprey
KM# 391
2000 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2000) — Bald Eagle
KM# 392
2000 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2000) — Canadian Sports: Curling
KM# 386
2000 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2000) — Hockey 1875-2000
KM# 385
2000 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2000) — Canadian Sports: Bowling
KM# 394
2000 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2000) — Canadian Sports: Steeplechase
KM# 393
2000 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2001) — Festival of the fathers
KM# 423
2001 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2001) — Quebec Carnival
KM# 420
2001 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2001) — Newfoundland Folk Festival
KM# 422
2001 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2001) — The Small Jumpers
KM# 426
2001 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2001) — Sled
KM# 424
2001 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2001) — Maiden's Cove
KM# 425
2001 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2001) — Nunavut Toonik Tyme
KM# 421
2001 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2002) — Royal coat of arms
KM# 444
2002 · Steel 		+
50 cent — Canada (2002) — Manitoba Folklorama
KM# 456
2002 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2002) — BC Squamish Festival
KM# 458
2002 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2002) — Ontario Stratford Festival
KM# 455
2002 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2002) — Nova Scotia Annapolis Valley Festival
KM# 454
2002 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2002) — The Ghost Ship
KM# 460
2002 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2002) — The Shoemaker in Heaven
KM# 459
2002 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2002) — The Reluctant Pig
KM# 461
2002 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2002) — Calgary Stampede
KM# 457
2002 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2002) — 50th Anniversary of Canadian Tulip Festival: Golden Tulip
Charlton# RC-738
2002 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2002) — Golden Jubilee
KM# 444
2002 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2002) — Golden Jubilee
KM# 444
2002 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2002) — normal obverse
2002 · Steel 		+
50 cent — Canada (2003–2006)
KM# 494
2003–2006 · Steel 		+
50 cent — Canada (2003) — Acadian festival of Caraquet
KM# 477
2003 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2003) — Return to Batoche - Saskatchewan
KM# 478
2003 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2003) — Great Northern Art Festival
KM# 479
2003 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2003) — Yukon Story Telling Festival
KM# 476
2003 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2003) — Golden Jubilee
KM# 472
2003 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2003) — Golden Daffodil
KM# 475
2003 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2004) — Easter Lily
KM# 509
2004 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2004) — Tiger Swallowtail
KM# 712
2004 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2004) — 1/25th oz. Gold Coin: Moose
KM# 526
2004 · Gold 		+
50 cent — Canada (2004)
Charlton# RC-743
2004 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2004)
Charlton# RC-743
2004 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2004)
Charlton# RC-743
2004 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2004)
KM# 494
2004 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2004) — Clouded Sulphur Butterfly
KM# 606
2004 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2004–2011)
KM# 494
2004–2011 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2005) — Tim Horton
KM# 541
2005 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2005) — Johnny Bower
KM# 540
2005 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2005) — 1/25th oz. Gold Coin: Voyageurs
KM# 542
2005 · Gold 		+
50 cent — Canada (2005) — Monarch
KM# 599
2005 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2005) — Golden Rose
KM# 536
2005 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2005) — Jean Beliveau
KM# 579
2005 · Silver 		+
50 cent — Canada (2005) — Jacques Plante
KM# 578
2005 · Silver 		+