Canada Newfoundland 50 Cents Silver Coin 1882 Queen Victoria
Fifty Cents, silver, of Queen Victoria.
Obverse: Laureated head of Queen Victoria.
Lettering: VICTORIA D:G: REG: "VICTORIA DEI GRATIA REGINA." NEWFOUNDLAND
Engraver: Leonard Charles Wyon
Reverse: "50 CENTS," and the date of the year of issue, within a beaded and ornamented circle.
Lettering: 50 CENTS 1882 M
Years: 1865-1896
Value: 50 Cents
Metal: Silver (.925)
Weight: 11.7818 g
Diameter: 29.85 mm
Shape: Round
Newfoundland fifty cents
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 unlike 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.
Laureated portrait, 1870-1900
Specifications
Designer and Engraver Leonard Charles Wyon
Composition .925 silver, .075 copper
Weight 11.78 grams
Diameter 29.85 mm
Edge Reeded
Mintages
Date and Mint Mark Mintage
1870 50,000
1872 H 48,000
1873 32,000
1874 80,000
1876 H 28,000
1880 24,000
1881 50,000
1882 H 100,000
1885 40,000
1888 20,000
1894 40,000
1896 60,000
1898 79,607
1899 150,000
1900 150,000
Newfoundland Coins - Queen Victoria
Canada Newfoundland 50 Cents Silver Coin 1882 Queen Victoria