Half dollar
Half-unit of currencies named "dollar"
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. These half dollars (aka 50 cent pieces) are denominated as either Coins or as banknotes. 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
Circulating half dollars by country | |||||||||
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Country(s) / City | Unit of currency | Technical parameters | Description | Date of first minting[a] | |||||
Diameter | Thickness | Weight | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | |||
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 |
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 |
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 | 27.70 mm | N/A | 7.29 g | Cupronickel: 75% copper 25% nickel | Reeded | Hassanal Bolkiah | Coat of Arms | 1993 |
Canada[b] | 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 |
Fiji | FJD | N/A | N/A | N/A | Cupronickel: 75% copper 25% nickel | N/A | A Humphead wrasse | A takia | 2012[1] |
Hong Kong | HKD | 22.5 mm | 1.72 mm | 4.92 g | Brass-plated steel | Milled | Bauhinia | Value | 1993 |
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 | 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] |
Trinidad and Tobago | TTD | N/A | N/A | N/A | Cupronickel: 75% copper 25% nickel | N/A | Coat of Arms | Value | 1976 |
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
Former half dollars by country | ||||||||||
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Country(s) / City | Unit of currency | Technical parameters | Description | Introduced | Withdrawn | |||||
Diameter | Thickness | Weight | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | ||||
Bermuda | BMD | 30.5 mm | N/A | 12.60 g | 75% copper 25% nickel | Milled | Queen Elizabeth II | Coat of arms | 1970 | 1990[4] |
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 |
Cook Islands | CID | 32 mm | N/A | N/A | 75% copper 25% nickel | N/A | Queen Elizabeth II | Value | 1972 | 2016[5] |
Crown Colony of North Borneo | MBBD | N/A | N/A | N/A | 75% copper 25% nickel | N/A | Queen Elizabeth II | Value | 1953 | 1969 |
Crown Colony of Sarawak | MBBD | N/A | N/A | N/A | 75% copper 25% nickel | N/A | Queen Elizabeth II | Value | 1953 | 1967 |
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 |
Federation of Malaya | MBBD | N/A | N/A | N/A | 75% copper 25% nickel | N/A | Queen Elizabeth II | Value | 1953 | 1969 |
Hawaiian Kingdom[c] | HD | N/A | N/A | N/A | 90% silver 10% copper | N/A | King Kalākaua | Value | 1883 | 1900[d] |
Jamaica | JMD | 31.37 mm | N/A | 12.43 g | 75% copper 25% nickel | N/A | Coat of arms | Marcus Garvey | 1976 | 1990 |
Kiribati | KID | 31.65 mm | N/A | N/A | 75% copper 25% nickel | N/A | Coat of arms | Pandanus tree | 1979 | In circulation |
Sarawak | SD | N/A | N/A | N/A | 80% silver 20% copper (1858-1919) 40% silver 60% copper (1920-1953) | N/A | White Rajahs | N/A | 1858 | 1953 |
Taiwan[e] | TWD | 18 mm | N/A | 3.0 g | 97% copper 2.5% zinc 0.5% tin | N/A | Mei Blossom | Value | 1981[6] | Unknown |
Tuvalu | TVD | 32 mm | N/A | N/A | 75% copper 25% nickel | N/A | Queen Elizabeth II | Octopus | 1976 | In circulation |
West Indies Federation | BWI | N/A | N/A | N/A | 75% copper 25% nickel | N/A | Queen Elizabeth II | N/A | 1955 | 1981 |
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ Half dollars from this country no longer circulate as they are minted in small amounts for collectors who purchase them at a premium
- ^ These half dollars were also accepted as legal tender by the successive Provisional Government of Hawaii, and Republic of Hawaii governments.
- ^ These coins were used until Hawaii became a U.S. territory in 1900
- ^ While 50-cent pieces have been discontinued in Taiwan, they are still legal tender.
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.
- ^ "Kennedy Half Dollar". www.virmu.com. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
- ^ "Calling in of the One Dollar Note and the Fifty Cent Circulation Coin" (PDF). Laws of Bermuda. Government of Bermuda. 30 March 1990. GN 200/1990. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "Public Notice: Old Cook Islands Coins No Longer Legal Tender as of 1 May 2016 - Cook Islands - Ministry of Finance and Economic Management". cookislands.gov.ck.
- ^ "中央銀行發行之貨幣及偵偽鈔辨識".
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Currencies named dollar or similar
- Australian dollar
- Bahamian dollar
- Barbadian dollar
- Belize dollar
- Bermudian dollar
- Brunei dollar
- Canadian dollar
- Cayman Islands dollar
- Cook Islands dollar
- Eastern Caribbean dollar
- Fijian dollar
- Guyanese dollar
- Hong Kong dollar
- Jamaican dollar
- Kiribati dollar
- Liberian dollar
- Namibian dollar
- New Zealand dollar
- Samoan tālā
- Singapore dollar
- Solomon Islands dollar
- Surinamese dollar
- New Taiwan dollar
- Trinidad and Tobago dollar
- Tuvaluan dollar
- United States dollar
but renamed
- Antigua dollar
- British Columbia dollar
- British North Borneo dollar
- British West Indies dollar
- Ceylonese rixdollar
- Confederate States dollar
- Continental dollar
- Danish rigsdaler
- Danish West Indian daler
- Danish West Indian rigsdaler
- Dominican dollar
- Dutch rijksdaalder
- Greenlandic rigsdaler
- Grenadian dollar
- Hawaiian dollar
- Japanese occupation dollar
- Kiautschou dollar
- Malaya and British Borneo dollar
- Malayan dollar
- Mauritian dollar
- Mongolian dollar
- Nevisian dollar
- New Brunswick dollar
- Newfoundland dollar
- Norwegian rigsdaler
- Norwegian speciedaler
- Nova Scotian dollar
- Penang dollar
- Prince Edward Island dollar
- Puerto Rican dollar
- Rhodesian dollar
- Saint Kitts dollar
- Saint Lucia dollar
- Saint Vincent dollar
- Sarawak dollar
- Sierra Leonean dollar
- Slovenian tolar
- Spanish dollar
- Straits dollar
- Sumatran dollar
- Swedish riksdaler
- Old Taiwan dollar
- Texas dollar
- Trinidadian dollar
- Tobagonian dollar
- Zimbabwean dollar
- Zimbabwean dollar (2019–2024)
- Eurodollar
- Petrodollar
- International dollar (Geary–Khamis dollar)
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