50 Cents - George V

Newfoundland maintained its own coinage system until Confederation in 1949, and the 50-cent piece was its largest circulating silver denomination. The 1911 issue marked the transition from Edward VII to George V coinage, though the new obverse went through an episode common to early George V issues across the Empire: the "godless" portrait, lacking "DEI GRA" in the legend, was used in 1911 before public and ecclesiastical objection forced a corrected obverse for subsequent years.

The series runs through 1919, after which no further 50-cent pieces were struck for Newfoundland until 1936.