| Issuer | Canada |
| Year | 1870-1901 |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Value | 50 Cents |
| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.925) (.925 silver .075 copper) |
| Weight | 11.62 g |
| Dimensions | 29.72 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Leonard Charles Wyon |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#6, Kahnt/Schön#7 |
| Obverse description | Head of Queen Victoria wearing a tiara, facing left. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | VICTORIA DEI GRATIA REGINA.
CANADA (Translation: Victoria Queen by the grace of God) |
| Reverse description | The face value is surrounded with two maple boughs and a crown |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 50 CENTS 1871 H |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London,United Kingdom (1810-1975) H Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited),United Kingdom (1850-2003) |
| Mintage | 1870 - LCW - 1870 - No LCW - 450 000 1871 - - 200 000 1871 H - - 45 000 1872 H - - 80 000 1872 H - Included above, inverted `A` over the `V` in Victoria - 1881 H - - 150 000 1888 - E2 - 60 000 1888 - E3 - 1888 - E4 - 1890 H - scarce - 20 000 1892 - E3 - 151 000 1892 - E4 - 1894 - - 29 036 1898 - - 100 000 1899 - Large first `9` - 1899 - Small first `9` - 50 000 1900 - - 118 000 1901 - - 80 000 |
| Catalog ID | 5405200170 |
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