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The Newfoundland fifty cent piece was the last denomination to be added to the Victorian coinage. Its first year of issue was 1870. The laureate portrait is stylistically unlinke anything used for the rest of British North America. The denomination became very popular and assumed importance after the failure of the Commercial and Union Banks of Newfoundland during the financial crisis of 1894. [1]
[edit] Laureated Portrait, 1870-1900
Specifications
| Designer and Engraver |
Composition |
Weight |
Diameter |
Edge |
| Leonard C. Wyon |
.925 silver, .075 copper |
11.78 grams |
29.85 mm |
Reeded |
Mintages
| Date and Mint Mark |
Mintage |
| 1870 |
50,000 |
| 1872H |
48,000 |
| 1873 |
32,000 |
| 1874 |
80,000 |
| 1876H |
28,000 |
| 1880 |
24,000 |
| 1881 |
50,000 |
| 1882H |
100,000 |
| 1885 |
40,000 |
| 1888 |
20,000 |
| 1894 |
40,000 |
| 1896 |
60,000 |
| 1898 |
79,607 |
| 1899 |
150,000 |
| 1900 |
150,000 |
[edit] Edward VII, 1904-1909
Specifications
| Designer (Obverse) |
Designer (Reverse) |
Composition |
Weight |
Diameter |
Edge |
| George W. DeSaulles |
W.H.J. Blakemore |
.925 silver, .075 copper |
11.78 grams |
29.85 mm |
Reeded |
Mintages
| Date and Mint Mark |
Mintage |
| 1904H |
140,000 |
| 1907 |
100,000 |
| 1908 |
160,000 |
| 1909 |
200,000 |
[edit] George V, 1911-1919
Specifications
| Designer |
Composition |
Weight (1911) |
Weight (1917-1919) |
Diameter (1911) |
Diameter (1917-1919) |
Edge |
| Sir E.B. MacKennal |
.925 silver, .075 copper |
11.78 grams |
11.66 grams |
29.85 mm |
29.72 mm |
Reeded |
Mintages
| Date and Mint Mark |
Mintage |
| 1911 |
200,000 |
| 1917C |
375,560 |
| 1918C |
294,824 |
| 1919C |
306,267 |
[edit] References
- ^ Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, p. 51, W.K. Cross, 60th Edition, 2006
