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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 3rd portrait, revised coat of arms
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 1997-2000 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Canada's coat of arms was revised in 1994 following a heraldic review that corrected longstanding inaccuracies in how the arms had been rendered on coinage — most notably the depiction of the supporters and the helmet. The updated design, introduced to circulating 50-cent pieces beginning in 1997, coincided with a period of sharply declining use of the denomination in everyday commerce. By this point the half-dollar was being produced in quantities far below earlier decades, making late-run examples from 1999 and 2000 considerably scarcer in circulation finds than their mintage figures alone suggest.