50 cent — Canada (1997–2003)
KM# 290a
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← 10 cent (1997) — The 500th Anniversary of Caboto's First Transatlantic Voyage
50 cent (1997) — Duck Tolling Retriever →
Special facts
A silver half dollar with the arms of Canada from the proof sets of 1997–2002, the arms in Cathy Bursey-Sabourin’s redrawn version.
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 these years: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
Specifications
- Period
- Elizabeth II
- Currency
- 1 dollar = 100 cent
- Issue type
- Collector
- Distinguishing feature
- 3rd portrait; Silver
- Metal
- Silver
- Fineness
- 925
- Precious metal weight
- 8.602 g
- Diameter
- 27.13 mm
- Weight
- 9.3 g
- Shape
- Round
- Orientation
- Medal (↑↑)
Variants
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Other items of the period
- 1996
- 2 dollars — 3rd portrait; Gold center KM# 270a Gold center; 3rd portrait
- 1996–2003
- 2 dollars — 3rd portrait; Maple leaf logo KM# 270c 3rd portrait
- 1996
- 20 dollars — CF-100 Canuck KM# 276
- 20 dollars — CF-105 Avro Arrow KM# 277
- 30 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Peregrine Falcon KM# 278
- 75 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Peregrine Falcon KM# 279
- 100 dollars — Klondike Gold Rush Centennial KM# 273
- 150 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Peregrine Falcon KM# 280
- 200 dollars — Transcontinental Landscape KM# 275
- 300 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Peregrine Falcon KM# 281
- 1997–2003
- 1 cent — 3rd portrait; bronze Charlton# RC-204 3rd portrait
- 1997
- 10 cent — The 500th Anniversary of Caboto's First Transatlantic Voyage KM# 299
- 1997–2003
- 50 cent KM# 290a 3rd portrait; Silver
- 1997
- 50 cent — Duck Tolling Retriever KM# 292
- 50 cent — Labrador Retriever KM# 293
- 50 cent — Newfoundland KM# 294
- 50 cent — Eskimo Dog KM# 295
- 1 dollar — 25th Anniversary of Hockey Victory KM# 282
- 1 dollar — 10th Anniversary of Loonie Dollar: Flying Loon KM# 291
- 1 dollar — 10th Anniversary of Loonie Dollar KM# 296
- 20 dollars — Canadair F-86 Sabre KM# 297
- 20 dollars — Canadair CT-114 Tutor KM# 298
- 30 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Wood Bison KM# 300
- 50 dollars — Royal Canadian Mounted Police Anniversary KM# 305
- 75 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Wood Bison KM# 301
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