Canada 50 cents - Newfoundland 1919 C

Canada · 1919 · 50 cents

Circulating coinRare

€15.02estimate

306,267coins minted

€17.87silver value · 10.9 g fine at today’s price

N8799 KM12

RZReference number RZRZ-Q9QDF

Circulating coin

Série de 50 cents de Terre-Neuve sous George V (1911-1919)

The coin's story

Obverse:
Portrait of George V crowned, facing left.

Reverse:
Face value and date of issue at centre, surrounded by a decorative circle.

Obverse

GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: REX ET IND:IMP

Portrait of George V crowned, facing left.

EMEngraved by Edgar Bertram MacKennal

Reverse

NEWFOUNDLAND50CENTS1919C

Face value and date of issue at centre, surrounded by a decorative circle.

WBEngraved by William Henry James Blakemore

Specifications

Denomination50 cents
Year1919
Mintage306,267
MintMonnaie royale canadienne, Ottawa (C)
MaterialSilver 0.925
ShapeRound
Diameter30 mm
Thickness2 mm
Weight11.78 g
EdgeReeded
ScriptsLatin

Actual size

Actual size compared with the 2 € and 1 € coins. Thickness: 2 mm.

Composition

Silver 92.5 %

Silver92.5 % Copper7.5 %

Reference catalogues

N8799Numista KM12Krause (Standard Catalog of World Coins)

Same country, same period at the scale of real diameters

5 cents1917 · 15.5 mm

50 cents1919 · 30 mm

By the same engraver: Edgar Bertram MacKennal 5 coins

1915United Kingdom 1 Penny 1915

1917Canada 5 cents - George V 1917

1927United Kingdom 1 Penny 1927

1929United Kingdom 1 Penny 1929

Canada in the collection All 19 coins →

18741981

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