50 cent — Canada (1999) — Canadian Sports: Invention of Basketball

Special facts

Silver 50 cents of 1999 for the invention of basketball: the game was devised in 1891 by the Canadian James Naismith.

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

Other coins of the period

• 1999
• 25 cent (1999) — The history of Canada through the second millennium: July KM# 348
• 25 cent (1999) — The history of Canada through the second millennium: August KM# 349
• 25 cent (1999) — September KM# 350
• 25 cent (1999) — The history of Canada through the second millennium: October KM# 351
• 25 cent (1999) — November KM# 352
• 25 cent (1999) — December KM# 353
• 50 cent (1999) — Canadian Sports: 1904 Open Golf Championship KM# 333
• 50 cent (1999) — First International Yacht Race KM# 334
• 50 cent (1999) — Cymric KM# 335
• 50 cent (1999) — Tonkinese KM# 336
• 50 cent (1999) — Cougar KM# 337
• 50 cent (1999) — Lynx KM# 338
• 50 cent (1999) — Canadian Sports: Invention of Basketball KM# 371
• 50 cent (1999) — Canadian Sports: Grey Cup KM# 372
• 1 dollar (1999) — International Year of Older Persons KM# 355
• 1 dollar (1999) — Juan Perez Expedition KM# 356
• 1 dollar (1999) — 20th anniversary of the Gold Maple Leaf KM# 365
• 1 dollar (1999) — Platinum Maple Leaf
• 2 dollars (1999) — Creation of Nunavut Territory KM# 357
• 2 dollars (1999) — Gold, White gold and silver KM# 357
• 5 dollars (1999) — Millennium: 3rd Portrait double date KM# 363
  Privy mark; 3rd portrait
• 5 dollars (1999) — 20th anniversary of the Gold Maple Leaf KM# 366
• 5 dollars (1999) — Viking Settlement KM# 398
• 5 dollars (1999) — 20 Years Privy
• 10 dollars (1999) — 20th anniversary of the Gold Maple Leaf KM# 367