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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 1959 Half-Dollar
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The full Arms of Canada rendered in high relief at centre, with selective gold plating applied to the shield and the St. Edward's Crown surmounting the crest. The shield displays the quarterly arms of England, Scotland, Ireland, and France with a sprig of maple leaves in base, supported by a crowned lion rampant to the left and a chained unicorn to the right, each holding a lance bearing the Union Flag and the fleur-de-lis banner respectively. A scroll below bears the motto A MARI USQUE AD MARE divided across two ribbon bands, with a floral compartment of provincial flowers at the base. The dual commemorative dates 1959 and 2019 flank the crown at the top of the field, with CANADA to the left and 50 CENTS to the right along the border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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This piece reproduces the 1959 Canadian fifty-cent design — the first year the half-dollar appeared under the modified Desjardins-Kruger reverse — as part of the Royal Canadian Mint's ongoing program of struck replicas in precious metal. The original 1959 circulation issue itself is unremarkable by rarity standards, but the half-dollar denomination had been quietly losing its practical role in Canadian commerce throughout the late 1950s, a slide toward irrelevance that accelerated until the coin became effectively invisible in everyday transactions by the 1970s.
The selective gold plating on this 2019 issue targets specific design elements rather than flooding the entire surface — a production technique the RCM has refined across numerous collector issues since the early 2000s.