Half dollar

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Distinguish". The term "half dollar" refers to a half-unit of several currencies that are named "dollar". One dollar ($1) is normally divided into subsidiary currency of 100 cents, so a half dollar is equal to 50 cents. Although more than a dozen countries have their own unique dollar currency, not all of them use a 50 cent piece or half dollar. This article only includes half dollars and 50 cent pieces that were intended for circulation, those that add up to units of dollars, and those in the form of a coin.

  • Note: The blue linked years included in the tables link to articles about the coins.

Currently minted

File:US Half Dollar Obverse 2015.png
The obverse side of a United States half dollar
Circulating half dollars by country
Country(s) / City Unit of
currency		 Technical parameters Description Date of
first mintingTemplate:Efn
Diameter Thickness Weight Composition Edge Obverse Reverse
Template:Flagicon Australia and its territories AUD 31.65 mm 2.5 mm 15.55 g Cupronickel: 75% copper 25% nickel Plain Queen Elizabeth II Coat of Arms 1985
Template:Flagicon Bahamas BSD 29 mm N/A 10.51 g Cupronickel: 75% copper 25% nickel N/A Coat of Arms A Marlin leaping out of water. 1974
Template:Flagicon Belize BZD N/A N/A N/A Cupronickel: 75% copper 25% nickel N/A Queen Elizabeth II Ornamental - Country/Value/Date 1974
Template:Flagicon Brunei BND 27.70 mm N/A 7.29 g Cupronickel: 75% copper 25% nickel Reeded Hassanal Bolkiah Coat of Arms 1993
Template:Flagicon CanadaTemplate:Efn CAD 27.13 mm 1.95 mm 6.9 g 93.15% steel, 4.75% copper, 2.1% nickel plating Milled Queen Elizabeth II Coat of Arms 2000
Template:Flagicon Fiji FJD N/A N/A N/A Cupronickel: 75% copper 25% nickel N/A A Humphead wrasse A takia 2012[1]
Template:Flagicon Hong Kong HKD 22.5 mm 1.72 mm 4.92 g Brass-plated steel Milled Bauhinia Value 1993
Template:Flagicon Liberia LRD N/A N/A 9.0 g Nickel Clad Steel N/A William R. Tolbert Jr. Coat of Arms & Motto 2000
Template:Flagicon New Zealand and others. NZD 24.75 mm 1.70 mm 5.0g Nickel-plated steel Plain Queen Elizabeth II HMS Endeavour 1999
Template:Flagicon Singapore SGD 23 mm 2.45 mm 6.56 g Nickel-plated steel Scalloped Coat of Arms Port of Singapore 2013
Template:Flagicon Solomon Islands SBD N/A N/A N/A Cupronickel: 75% copper 25% nickel N/A Queen Elizabeth II Coat of Arms 2012[2]
Template:Flagicon Trinidad and Tobago TTD N/A N/A N/A Cupronickel: 75% copper 25% nickel N/A Coat of Arms Value 1976
Template:Flagicon United States and others USD 30.61 mm 2.15 mm 11.34 g Cupronickel: 75% copper 25% nickel Reeded John F. Kennedy USA Presidential Seal 1971[3]

Formerly minted

File:Canada Newfoundland Edward VII 50 Cents 1908.jpg
Newfoundland 50-cent piece from 1908 depicting King Edward VII
Former half dollars by country
Country(s) / City Unit of
currency		 Technical parameters Description Introduced Withdrawn
Diameter Thickness Weight Composition Edge Obverse Reverse
Template:Flagicon Bermuda BMD 30.5 mm N/A 12.60 g 75% copper 25% nickel Milled Queen Elizabeth II Coat of arms 1970 1990[4]
Template:Flagicon Confederate States of America CSD 30.6 mm N/A 12.44 g 90% silver 10% copper Reeded Seated Liberty Peterson CSA seal 1861 1865
Template:Flagicon Cook Islands CID 32 mm N/A N/A 75% copper 25% nickel N/A Queen Elizabeth II Value 1972 2016[5]
Template:Flagicon Crown Colony of North Borneo MBBD N/A N/A N/A 75% copper 25% nickel N/A Queen Elizabeth II Value 1953 1969
File:Flag of Sarawak (1947–1963).svg Crown Colony of Sarawak MBBD N/A N/A N/A 75% copper 25% nickel N/A Queen Elizabeth II Value 1953 1967
Template:Flagicon Dominion of Newfoundland NFD 29.85 mm N/A 11.78 g 92.5% silver 7.5% copper Reeded Reigning British Monarch Value 1870 1949
Template:Flagicon Federation of Malaya MBBD N/A N/A N/A 75% copper 25% nickel N/A Queen Elizabeth II Value 1953 1969
Template:Flagicon Hawaiian KingdomTemplate:Efn HD N/A N/A N/A 90% silver 10% copper N/A King Kalākaua Value 1883 1900Template:Efn
Template:Flagicon Jamaica JMD 31.37 mm N/A 12.43 g 75% copper 25% nickel N/A Coat of arms Marcus Garvey 1976 1990
Template:Flagicon Kiribati KID 31.65 mm N/A N/A 75% copper 25% nickel N/A Coat of arms Pandanus tree 1979 In circulation
Template:Flagicon Sarawak SD N/A N/A N/A 80% silver 20% copper (1858-1919)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
40% silver 60% copper (1920-1953)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		N/A White Rajahs N/A 1858 1953
Template:Flagicon TaiwanTemplate:Efn TWD 18 mm N/A 3.0 g 97% copper 2.5% zinc 0.5% tin N/A Mei Blossom Value 1981[6] Un­known
Template:Flagicon Tuvalu TVD 32 mm N/A N/A 75% copper 25% nickel N/A Queen Elizabeth II Octopus 1976 In circulation
Template:Flagicon West Indies Federation BWI N/A N/A N/A 75% copper 25% nickel N/A Queen Elizabeth II N/A 1955 1981

See also

Notes

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References

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