Fifty Cent

Victoria 1870 - 1900

Fifty Cent 1896*
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The Canadian Coinoisseur
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Designer and Modeller- Leonard C. Wyon
Composition
.925 silver
.075 copper
Diameter - 29.85 mm
Weight - 11.78 grams
Edge - Reeded
Die Axis
Up, Down

Heaton Mint issues
"H" mint mark
under the bust 1872-1876 (obverse)
under the date 1882 (reverse)

London Mint strikings
no letter

FIFTY CENTS - Victoria 1870 -1900
Date & Mint Mark	Qty Minted
1870	50,000
1872H	48,000
1873	32,000
1874	80,000
1876H	28,000
1880	24,000
1881	50,000
1882H	100,000
1885	40,000
1888	20,000
1894	40,000
1896	60,000
1898	79,607
1899 Narrow 9's	150,000
1899 Wide 9's	Incl. above
1900	150,000

Edward VII 1904 - 1909

Fifty Cent 1904H*
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*images courtesy Michael Walsh
The Canadian Coinoisseur
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Designer and Modeller
Portrait - George W. DeSaulles
DES below bust
Reverse - W. H. J. Blakemore
copy of 5¢ and 10¢ pieces design by George W. DeSaulles
Composition
.925 silver
.075 copper
Diameter - 29.85 mm
Weight - 11.78 grams
Edge - Reeded
Die Axis
Up, Down

The Mint - Birmingham issue 1904
"H" mint mark
bottom of the reverse below the oval

Royal Mint strikings
no letter

FIFTY CENTS - Edward VII 1904 - 1909
Date & Mint Mark	Qty Minted
1904H	140,000
1907	100,000
1908	160,000
1909	200,000

George V 1911 - 1919

Fifty Cent 1917*
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Designer and Modeller
Portrait - Sir E.B. MacKennal
B.M. on the truncation
Composition
.925 silver
.075 copper
Diameter
1911 - 29.85 mm
1917 - 1919 - 29.72 mm
Weight
1911 - 11.78 grams
1917 - 1919 -11.66 grams
Edge - Reeded
Die Axis
Up, Down

Royal Mint issue 1911
no letter

Ottawa Mint issues 1917 - 1919
"C" mint mark
bottom of reverse below the oval

FIFTY CENTS - George V 1911 - 1919
Date & Mint Mark	Qty Minted
1911	200,000
1917C	375,560
1918C	294,824
1919C	306,267