50 cent — Canada (2019) — 60th anniversary of the 50-cent coin: 1959 Half-Dollar

Special facts

The 1959 half dollar with Thomas Shingles’s new arms, for its 60th anniversary, on two ounces of silver with gilding.

About the period

The coins of Elizabeth II were struck from 1953 to 2022, almost seventy years in which four portraits of the queen succeeded one another: by Mary Gillick (1953–1964), Arnold Machin (1965–1989), Dora de Pédery-Hunt (1990–2003), the first portrait by a Canadian sculptor, and Susanna Blunt (from 2003). More about the period “Elizabeth II”, 1952 — 2022

Coins and banknotes of this year: 2019

Other items of the period

• 2019
• 5 cent — The Beaver KM# 2732
• 10 cent — Bluenose KM# 2733
• 25 cent — 1937 Caribou KM# 2734
• 25 cent — Caribou KM# 2735
• 25 cent — 100th Anniversary of CN Rail KM# 2736
• 25 cent — 3D Optimus Prime KM# 2737
• 25 cent — Pachyrhinosaurus Canadensis KM# 2738
• 25 cent — Edmontonia longiceps KM# 2739
• 25 cent — Albertosaurus sarcophagus KM# 2740
• 25 cent — Maple leaves bouquet KM# 2741
• 25 cent — First Canadian in Space KM# 2750
• 25 cent — 40th Anniversary of the GML KM# 2764
• 50 cent — 60th anniversary of the 50-cent coin: 1959 Half-Dollar KM# 2742
• 50 cent — Coat of Arms of Canada KM# 2743
• 50 cent — Johansen's Sulphur KM# 2744
• 50 cent — Peary Caribou KM# 2745
• 50 cent — Copper Redhorse KM# 2746
• 50 cent — Vancouver Island Marmot KM# 2747
• 50 cent — Kermode Bear KM# 2748
• 50 cent — Ottawa Jail Hostel KM# 2749
• 50 cent — Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Stamp KM# 2751
• 50 cent — Everlasting Canadian Icons
• 1 dollar — O Canada Gift Set KM# 2753
• 1 dollar — Holiday Gift 2019 KM# 2754
• 1 dollar — Wedding KM# 2755

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