Half dollar
Appearance
The term "half dollar" refers to a half-unit of several currencies that are named "dollar". Normally, $1 is divided into 100 cents, so a half dollar is equal to 50 cents. Coins and/or banknotes of that amount are as such denominated at a value of 50 cents. More than a dozen countries have their own unique dollar currency, and out of these not all use the 50 cent piece or half dollar.
Circulating Half Dollars by country | |||||||||
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Country(s) / City | Unit of currency |
Technical parameters | Description | Date of first minting1 | |||||
Diameter | Thickness | Weight | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | |||
Australia and its territories | AUD | Dodecagon 31.65 mm | 2.5 mm | 15.55 g | Cupronickel: 75% copper 25% nickel | Plain | Queen Elizabeth II | Coat of Arms | 1985 |
Bahamas | BSD | N/A | N/A | N/A | Cupronickel: 75% copper 25% nickel | N/A | Coat of Arms | A Marlin leaping out of water. | 1974 |
Belize | BZD | N/A | N/A | N/A | Cupronickel: 75% copper 25% nickel | N/A | Queen Elizabeth II | Ornamental - Country/Value/Date | 1974 |
Brunei | BND | Circular 27.70 mm | N/A | 7.29 g | Cupronickel: 75% copper 25% nickel | Reeded | Hassanal Bolkiah | Coat of Arms | 1993 |
Canada | CAD | Circular 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 |
Fiji | FJD | N/A | N/A | N/A | Cupronickel: 75% copper 25% nickel | N/A | A Humphead wrasse | A takia | 2012[1] |
Liberia | LRD | N/A | N/A | 9.0 g | Nickel Clad Steel | N/A | William R. Tolbert Jr. | Coat of Arms & Motto | 2000 |
New Zealand and others. | NZD | Circular 24.75 mm | 1.70 mm | 5.0g | Nickel-plated steel | Plain | Queen Elizabeth II | HMS Endeavour | 1999 |
Singapore | SGD | 23 mm | 2.45 mm | 6.56 g | Nickel-plated steel | Scalloped | Coat of Arms | Port of Singapore | 2013 |
Solomon Islands | SBD | N/A | N/A | N/A | Cupronickel: 75% copper 25% nickel | N/A | Queen Elizabeth II | Coat of Arms | 2012[2] |
Taiwan | TWD | 18 mm | N/A | 3.0 g | 97% copper 2.5% zinc 0.5% tin | N/A | Mei Blossom | Value | 1981[3] |
United States and others | USD | 30.61 mm | 2.15 mm | 11.340 g | Cupronickel: 75% copper 25% nickel | Reeded | John F. Kennedy | USA Presidential Seal | 1971[4] |
^1 Some countries have had many varieties and forms of half dollars/50 cent pieces. The dates used in this table reflect when the current form (design/metal base) was first issued.
See also
- 50-cent piece (Canadian coin)
- Fifty cent coin (Australian)
- Half dollar (United States coin)
- Franklin half dollar
- Kennedy Half Dollar
- New Zealand fifty-cent coin
- Walking Liberty Half Dollar
References
- ^ "New Currency Designs". Fiji Times. 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
- ^ "New coins of the Solomon Islands". mas.gov.sg. Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
- ^ "中央銀行發行之貨幣及偵偽鈔辨識".
- ^ "Kennedy Half Dollar". www.virmu.com. Retrieved January 31, 2015.