50 cent — Canada (2006–2022)
KM# 494
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Special facts
The 50 cents of 2006–2022 are hardly seen in circulation: they are issued at 100,000 to 900,000 a year.
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
Specifications
- Period
- Elizabeth II
- Face value
- 50 cent: all issues
- Currency
- 1 dollar = 100 cent
- Issue type
- Circulation
- Distinguishing feature
- 4th portrait with RCM logo
- Metal
- Steel (nickel plated)
- Diameter
- 27.13 mm
- Thickness
- 1.9 mm
- Weight
- 6.9 g
- Shape
- Round
- Orientation
- Medal (↑↑)
Variants
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| Year | Mint | Mintage | Price | Proof | BU | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | RCM | — | Estimate | — | — | + ☆ | |
| 2007 | RCM | 111,550 | Estimate | — | — | + ☆ | |
| 2008 | RCM | 150,000 | Estimate | — | — | + ☆ | |
| 2009 | RCM | 120,000 | Estimate | — | — | + ☆ | |
| 2010 | RCM | 150,000 | Estimate | — | — | + ☆ | |
| 2011 | RCM | 175,000 | Estimate | — | — | + ☆ | |
| 2012 | RCM | — | Estimate | 40,000 | 250,000 | + ☆ | |
| 2013 | RCM | 375,000 | Estimate | — | — | + ☆ | |
| 2014 | RCM | 500,000 | Estimate | — | — | + ☆ | |
| 2015 | RCM | — | Estimate | 20,000 | 625,000 | + ☆ | |
| 2016 | RCM | — | Estimate | 12,500 | 625,000 | + ☆ | |
| 2017 | RCM | 875,000 | Estimate | — | — | + ☆ | |
| 2018 | RCM | — | Estimate | 15,000 | 750,000 | + ☆ | |
| 2019 | RCM | — | Estimate | 15,000 | 750,000 | + ☆ | |
| 2020 | RCM | 750,000 | Estimate | — | — | + ☆ | |
| 2021 | RCM | — | Estimate | 30,000 | 375,000 | + ☆ | |
| 2022 | RCM | 375,000 | Estimate | — | — | + ☆ |
Other items of the period
- 25 cent
- 1999–2003 KM# 184 3rd portrait; plated
- 2003–2006 KM# 493 4th portrait
- 2006–2022 KM# 493 4th portrait; RCM logo
- 50 cent
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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
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1965–1966
KM# 64
2nd portrait
- 1968–1976 KM# 76 2nd portrait; large portrait
- 1977 KM# 117 2nd portrait; rim beads
- 1978–1987 KM# 120 2nd portrait; small portrait
- 1985 KM# 120 1985; Mule
- 1987–1989 KM# 157 2nd portrait
- 1990–2003 KM# 186 3rd portrait
- 2003–2006 KM# 495 4th portrait
- 2006–2012 KM# 495 4th portrait with RCM logo
- 2012–2022 KM# 1255 4th portrait, new alloy
- 2 dollars
- 1996–2003 KM# 270 3rd portrait; Maple leaf logo
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