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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 1st portrait
| Issuer | British Caribbean Currency Board |
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| Year | 1955-1965 |
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| Value | 50 Cents (0.50 BWI$) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1955 - - 1,500,000 1955 - Proof - 2,000 1965 - - 100,000 1965 - Proof - 1965 - Prooflike - |
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The British Caribbean Currency Board was established in 1950 to provide a unified monetary system across Britain's scattered Caribbean territories — Barbados, British Guiana, British Honduras, the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands — replacing the patchwork of colonial and local issues that had preceded it. This 50-cent piece was among the higher-denomination workhorses of that system, circulating across multiple jurisdictions simultaneously at a moment when Caribbean federation was still considered a viable political project.
The West Indies Federation collapsed in 1962, and most member territories pursued independent monetary arrangements within the decade. Production of this type ended in 1965.