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50 Cents - Elizabeth II Coat of Arms

Issuer Royal Canadian Mint
Year 2022
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Weight 157.6 g
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Obverse lettering ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA
(Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God)
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Reverse script Latin
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The Royal Canadian Mint's large-format fine silver issues have occupied an awkward commercial space since the program expanded aggressively in the 2010s — collectibles priced well above face value with mintages calibrated to dealer demand rather than public distribution. This piece carries a nominal fifty-cent denomination that bears no relationship to its silver content or issue price, a legal fiction the Mint has used across hundreds of catalogue entries to maintain the technical status of "legal tender" without any expectation of circulation.

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