Canada 50 Cents 1959 to 1992
These nice looking 50 cent pieces were issued in Canada between 1959 and 1992. Prior coins have a reverse pattern that is slightly different.
After 1967 these coins are made of nickel so they lose their silver value from 1968 on. Post-1987 coins are worth face value, but a collector might pay a few US dollars for a fully uncirculated specimen, like the one in our picture.
Coins minted between 1959 and 1967 contain 0.300 troy ounces of silver, and this fact gives them substantial value. At today's silver price of $32 US dollars per troy ounce (it changes daily, look it up at kitco.com), that's 0.3 x 32 = $9.60 US dollars per coin. Not bad!
The silver value applies to all pre-1968 coins no matter what their condition. If you have a nice uncirculated example, a collector will pay a few dollars over silver price.
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Coin: 13641, Genre: Colonizers and Colonies, Timeline: Modern
Created (yyyymm): 201300, Last review: 201500
Appearance: Normal round coin Metallic gray Letters: Latin
Years: sort: 1959, filter: 1959 to 1992
Image: canada_50_cents_1963.jpg
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