50 Cents

Issuer Guyana
Year 1967
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 50 Cents (0.50 GYD)
Currency Dollar (decimalized, 1965-date)
Composition Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight 7.6 g
Diameter 25.9 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to 1992
Reference(s) KM#35, Schön#35
Obverse description Coat of Arms of Guyana
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering ONE PEOPLE ONE NATION ONE DESTINY
Reverse description Denomination within a circle with legend above. The date below is surrounded by 2 birds facing left and right. The birds are Guyana’s National Bird, the Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), also known as the Hoactzin, Stinkbird, or Canje Pheasant. Present in the Amazon-Orenoque basin, they are related to the extinct Archeopteryx, youngs have wing claws, and they digest cellulose with bacterial systems as cows do (thus the smell).
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering BANK OF GUYANA FIFTY 50 CENTS 1967
Edge Reeded
Mint
Mintage 1967 - - 1 000 000
1967 - Proof - 5 100
Numisquare ID 7602507650
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