50 cent — Canada (1953–1958)

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Special facts

The 50 cents of 1953–1958 with a simplified arms of Canada.

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: 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958

Other items of the period

• 10 cent
• 1999–2003 KM# 183 3rd portrait; plated
• 2003–2006 KM# 492 4th portrait
• 2006–2022 KM# 492 4th portrait with RCM logo
• 25 cent
• 1953–1964 KM# 52 1st portrait
• 1965–1966 KM# 62 2nd portrait, silver (.800)
• 1968–1978 KM# 62 2nd portrait, Nickel
• 1968 KM# 62 2nd portrait, silver (.500)
• 1979–1989 KM# 74 2nd portrait modified
• 1990–2001 KM# 184 3rd portrait
• 1999–2003 KM# 184 3rd portrait; plated
• 2003–2006 KM# 493 4th portrait
• 2006–2022 KM# 493 4th portrait; RCM logo
• 50 cent
• 1953–1958 KM# 53 1st portrait, simplified coat of arms
• 1959–1964 KM# 56 1st portrait, complete coat of arms
• 1965–1966 KM# 63 2nd portrait, silver
• 1968–1989 KM# 75 2nd portrait, Nickel
• 1977 KM# 75 2nd portrait, Modified reverse
• 1990–1996 KM# 185 3rd portrait
• 1997–2000 KM# 290 3rd portrait, revised coat of arms
• 1999–2003 KM# 290 3rd portrait, new composition
• 2003–2006 KM# 494 4th portrait
• 2006–2022 KM# 494 4th portrait with RCM logo
• 1 dollar
• 1953–1963 KM# 54 1st portrait
• 1965–1966 KM# 64 2nd portrait
• 1968–1976 KM# 76 2nd portrait; large portrait