50 cent — Canada (1998) — RCM Anniversary: Royal Canadian Mint

Special facts

A silver half dollar of 1998 with an antique finish, a copy of the 1908 coin from the set for the Ottawa mint’s 90th anniversary.

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: 1998

Other items of the period

• 1997
• 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
• 100 dollars — 150th anniversary of Bell's birth: Alexander Graham Bell KM# 287
• 150 dollars — Canada's endangered species: Wood Bison KM# 302
• 200 dollars — Raven Bringing Light to World KM# 288
• 300 dollars — Wood Bison KM# 303
• 1998
• 1 cent — Royal Canadian Mint, Antique finish KM# 309
• 1 cent — Royal Canadian Mint KM# 332
• 5 cent — RCM Anniversary: Royal Canadian Mint KM# 310
• 10 cent — RCM Anniversary: Royal Canadian Mint KM# 311
• 25 cent — RCM Anniversary: Royal Canadian Mint KM# 312
• 50 cent — RCM Anniversary: Royal Canadian Mint KM# 313
• 50 cent — Canadian Sports: Figure Skating KM# 314
• 50 cent — Canadian Sports: Ski Racing KM# 315
• 50 cent — Killer Whale KM# 318
• 50 cent — Humpback whale KM# 319
• 50 cent — Beluga Whale KM# 320
• 50 cent — Blue Whale KM# 321
• 50 cent — First Overseas Canadian Soccer Tour KM# 327
• 50 cent — 20 Years Canadian Auto Racing: Grand Prix F1 Auto Racing KM# 328
• 1 dollar — 125th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police KM# 306
• 5 dollars — Dr.Norman Bethune KM# 316
• 15 dollars — Year of the Tiger KM# 304
• 20 dollars — Bombardier CP-107 Argus KM# 329