Any Canada 50 Cent Coin Collectors Here?

I wish these were in general circulation, they're beauties. Very patriotic and yet very tied to our British past.

What's weird about them is that not everyone really uses the American terminology here, 50 cents and 50 cent coin reign supreme.

I think I know the answer to this, but is it remotely likely that any Canadian bank branches would ever have boxes of 50-cent pieces on hand these days? They've been out of circulation for so long, and even before that were basically not circulated, but a lot of 50-cent pieces were minted after they went nickel in 1968 - have they been largely reclaimed by the mint? It would be pretty sweet to walk out of a bank with a box of circulated (nickel) 50-cent pieces!

I was ordering boxes from RBC pre 2002, but with such a high mintage for that year I figured all I'd get after that was the 02's. Glenzy1 would you adopt me, lol.

Here's what I have so far.

Victoria
1870 LCW, 1871, 1871H, 1872H, 1872H Inverted A/V - Mark, 1881H, 1898, 1899 TBD, 1899 Large 9, 1900, 1901, Edward VII, 1902, 1903H, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 Edwardian Leaves, 1910 Victorian Leaves

George V
1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920 Small 0, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936

George VI
1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941 Narrow Date, 1941 TBD, 1942 Wide Date, 1943 Far 3, 1943 Near 3, 1943 Double Die 3 (3/3), 1943 Wide Date - Hoof through 3, 1944 Far 4, 1944 Near 4, 1945 Narrow Date, 1945 Wide Date - Blunt 5, 1945 Wide Date - Pointed 5, 1946, 1946 Design in 6, 1947 Curved 7, 1947 Straight 7, 1947 Straight 7 - Maple Leaf, 1948 Narrow Date, 1949 Wide Date, 1949 Wide Date - Doubled Last 9, 1950 No Design, 1950 Half Design, 1950 Full Design (Des 0), 1951 Narrow Date, 1952 Narrow Date

Elizabeth II
1953 Large Date - NSF, 1953 Large Date - SF, 1953 Large Date - SF - Dot, 1953 Small Date - NSF, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1958 Dot, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1968 Missing A, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978 Round Jewels, 1978 Square Jewels, 1979 Pointed Bust, 1979 Rounded Bust, 1980, 1981, 1982 - Large Beads - Type 1, 1982 - Small Beads - Type 2, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1998W, 1999, 2000, 2001P, 2002P, 2002P - Ascension, 2003P - Old Effigy, 2003WP, 2005P, 2006P, 2007 RCM Logo, 2008 RCM Logo, 2011, 2012

I haven't joined yet but it's on my 'to do list'. Just been so busy the last few months with work & family. I've been in contact with R. F. who has given me the relevant info. Was hoping to make it to the RAC on Sunday for the show but it's looking like I won't be able to fit it in now.

Hey everybody,

I hope I'm not jacking a thread here. I'm relatively new to Canadian Coin Collecting.

I have this 2000 50 cent piece and it seems to look different from the rest of mine. The fields seems to be not glossy. Almost like there are striations, if that makes any sense.

Both sides have the same effect. I have only taken a picture of the one side and I hope it is sufficient enough for you guys to help me out. Also, looking through another one, my 1953; I read in another post in this thread about NSF should strap thing. Can someone explain to me what I should be looking for? I know of the nickels having this type of difference but have never been able to identify what is what.

AND, not to add more to my post here, lol, on my 1953 the denticles on the reverse seem to "reed" into the rim. Is this normal? On the obverse, the rim almost seems as though it may have been struck slightly off.

I hope I have provided enough information.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thnx

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Thank you DBM.

What does that mean? Does it make it any more "special" than any other 2000 piece? Or is it just one to collect? I am a complete noob to Canadian coins.

I understand the condition is not the greatest but also not the worst.

Thnx.

4228

Thnx again DBM :)

4228