2024 Canada 50-Cent Tribute: W Mint Mark - Coat of Arms Half Dollar 1 oz Fine Silver Coin

2024 Canada 50-Cent Tribute: W Mint Mark - Coat of Arms Half Dollar 1 oz Fine Silver Coin

Our Tribute: W Mint Mark series continues with Coin #3

Proudly minted at our Winnipeg facility, the circulation-themed Tribute: W Mint Mark series continues with Coin #3.

It is rarely used in day-to-day transactions but Canada’s 50-cent coin continues to be a favourite of collectors year after year. Our most elusive circulating coin denomination is celebrated on the third Tribute: W Mint Mark collectible, which invites a renewed appreciation for the intricate heraldic design that imbues this “minted in Winnipeg” tribute with a stately quality.

Coin #3 in the first pure silver collector series struck in Winnipeg.

Features

From the Winnipeg Mint. You’ve never seen Canada’s circulation coin designs quite like this: in 99.99% pure silver with a tailored specimen finish, and bearing the “W” mint mark of the Winnipeg Mint.
Celebrate Canada’s circulation coins. An affordable series for collectors of all ages, the new Tribute: W Mint Mark series celebrates Canada’s circulation coins and tells their story. This is the first pure silver numismatic series struck at our Winnipeg facility.
Honouring history. These circulation coin designs are part of Canada’s history and our heritage, and who better to tell their story than the facility that produces them!
The series continues in 2024. The series kicked off in 2023 with a tribute to the $2 circulation coin, and there’s still more to come:
    Coin 1: Polar Bear
    Coin 2: Loon
    Coin 3: Coat of Arms
    Coin 4: Caribou
    Coin 5: Bluenose
    Coin 6: Beaver
Includes serialized certificate. The Royal Canadian Mint certifies all of its collector coins.
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Design

Struck in Winnipeg: The 50-cent coin

The Dominion of Canada debuted a 50-cent coin as part of the first national coinage issued in 1870 – the year Manitoba entered Confederation as Canada’s fifth province, and more than a century before the Winnipeg plant was established. Once our high-tech facility in Winnipeg was established, its presses have produced every 50-cent circulation coin since 1976, including a commemorative “Canada 150” edition in 2017 – one of the few modern issues with a different reverse design than the heraldic art seen on this coin.

A numismatic tribute to Canada’s 50-cent circulation piece, this all-silver coin’s reverse features the Canadian Coat of Arms design by Cathy Bursey-Sabourin, along with the “W” (Winnipeg) mint mark denoting where this coin was struck. The obverse features the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt. The obverse also bears a special marking that includes four pearls symbolizing the four effigies that have graced Canadian coins and the double date of her reign.

Packaging

Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a black Royal Canadian Mint-branded clamshell with a black beauty box.

Specifications

Face Value: 50 Cents
Mintage: 7,500
Composition: 99.99% Pure Silver
Weight (g): 31.39
Diameter (mm): 38
Finish: Tailored Specimen