50 cent — Canada (1959–1964)

Special facts

The 50 cents of 1959–1964 with the full arms; 9.4 million in 1964.

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: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964

Other items of the period

• 10 cent
• 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
• 1977 KM# 117 2nd portrait; rim beads