50 Cents - Elizabeth II Newfoundland Folk Festival

The Newfoundland Folk Festival, held annually in St. John's since 1976, is one of Canada's oldest continuously running folk festivals and draws heavily on the island's distinct Irish and English settler traditions. This 2001 issue was part of the Royal Canadian Mint's broader commemorative 50-cent program that ran through the late 1990s and early 2000s, packaging coins in festival-themed sets aimed squarely at the gift and collector market rather than circulation.

Mintage on these themed 50-cent pieces was tightly controlled, typically under 100,000 for the series.