50 Cents - Charles III

Charles III's effigy appeared on Canadian coinage with unusual speed following Elizabeth II's death in September 2022, with the Royal Canadian Mint among the first Commonwealth mints to issue circulating coinage bearing his portrait. The fifty-cent piece, however, has been functionally absent from everyday Canadian commerce for decades — the denomination is technically legal tender but rarely ordered by banks and almost never seen in change.

Most examples will accumulate in collector sets rather than pockets.