50 Cents - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait, Modified reverse

Features

Issuer	Canada
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1977
Value	50 Cents 0.50 CAD = USD 0.36
Currency	Dollar (1858-date)
Composition	Nickel
Weight	8.1 g
Diameter	27.13 mm
Thickness	1.93 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 445261
References	KM# 75.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes).

Obverse

Bust of Queen Elizabeth II, as at 37 years of age, wearing tiara, facing right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA

Unabridged legend: ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA

Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the Grace of God

Designer: Arnold Machin

Reverse

The Royal Coat of Arms of Canada, proclaimed by King George V on November 21, 1921, and updated in 1957, dividing the date above, the country name to the left, and the value to the right

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1977
CANADA 50 CENTS
A MARI USQUE AD MARE
T S

Designer: Thomas Shingles

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Royal Canadian Mint of Winnipeg, Canada (1976-date)

Comments

“The 1977 mintage shows marked changes on both sides. The obverse features a smaller bust with increased hair detail, smaller lettering and larger pearls placed further from the edge. The reverse shows a smaller blazon and, for the first time, pearls instead of denticles around the rim.” - Standard Charlton catalog Volume I

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Date	Mintage	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1977	709 939	$ 1.60	$ 1.60	$ 1.60		98%
1977	225 307				Prooflike	1.8%
1977	186 775				Specimen	1.3%

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