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50 Cents - Trial Piece
| Issuer | Canada |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Queen Victoria facing left, wearing a diadem and veil, with her hair arranged in a coiffure secured at the nape, rendered in high relief after the portrait by Leonard Charles Wyon. The legend VICTORIA DEI GRATIA REGINA CANADA arcs around the periphery, with CANADA appearing at the base of the truncation. The field is smooth and the portrait exhibits fine engraving detail characteristic of Wyon's work for Canadian coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Central denomination 50 CENTS displayed in two lines within a wreath composed of two maple boughs bearing stylized maple leaves and berries, tied at the base, surmounted by a royal crown. The date 1881 appears below the denomination within the wreath, and the mintmark H is present below the date. The design is clean and boldly struck, with the wreath rendered in fine detail against a flat field. |
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| Mintage | 1881 H |
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