Canadian 50-cent coin · 1858 - 1936

The crossed maple boughs

The design of two crossed maple boughs appears on all 10-cent, 25-cent, and 50-cent coins from 1858 to 1936.

What a coin with this design is made of

Every year of this design falls inside a period the Mint records as silver-bearing, so any circulated example carries silver. How much depends on the date, because the fineness changed within the run.

Across the years the Mint reports for this design, 6,256,353 50-cent coins were struck.

Denomination

Canadian 50-cent coin

Silver until 1967 and struck only in small numbers since. It is legal tender that almost never appears in change, so most surviving examples are in collections.

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Every year of this design

YearCompositionSilverMintage
190892.5% silver, 7.5% copper0.3456 ozt .925128,119
190992.5% silver, 7.5% copper0.3456 ozt .925203,118
191092.5% silver, 7.5% copper0.3456 ozt .925649,521
191192.5% silver, 7.5% copper0.3456 ozt .925209,972
191292.5% silver, 7.5% copper0.3456 ozt .925285,867
191392.5% silver, 7.5% copper0.3456 ozt .925265,889
191492.5% silver, 7.5% copper0.3456 ozt .925160,128
191592.5% silver, 7.5% copper0.3456 ozt .925none struck
191692.5% silver, 7.5% copper0.3456 ozt .925459,070
191792.5% silver, 7.5% copper0.3456 ozt .925752,213
191892.5% silver, 7.5% copper0.3456 ozt .925854,989
191992.5% silver, 7.5% copper0.3456 ozt .9251,113,429
192080% silver, 20% copper0.2999 ozt .800584,429
192180% silver, 20% copper0.2999 ozt .800206,398
192280% silver, 20% copper0.2999 ozt .800none struck
192380% silver, 20% copper0.2999 ozt .800none struck
192480% silver, 20% copper0.2999 ozt .800none struck
192580% silver, 20% copper0.2999 ozt .800none struck
192680% silver, 20% copper0.2999 ozt .800none struck
192780% silver, 20% copper0.2999 ozt .800none struck
192880% silver, 20% copper0.2999 ozt .800none struck
192980% silver, 20% copper0.2999 ozt .800228,328
193080% silver, 20% copper0.2999 ozt .800none struck
193180% silver, 20% copper0.2999 ozt .80057,581
193280% silver, 20% copper0.2999 ozt .80019,213
193380% silver, 20% copper0.2999 ozt .800none struck
193480% silver, 20% copper0.2999 ozt .80039,539
193580% silver, 20% copper0.2999 ozt .800none struck
193680% silver, 20% copper0.2999 ozt .80038,550

Other 50 cents reverses

The design name, its period and the description above are reproduced from the Royal Canadian Mint’s reverse design notes for the 50-cent coin, retrieved 2026-09-04. Compositions and mintages come from the same page. This site publishes no variety, grade or catalogue distinctions, because those are not in the Mint’s record. Methodology.