Canada 1965 50 cents

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 44213

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 44213 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CANADA. 50 Cents, 1965. Ottawa Mint. PCGS PROOF-67+ Deep Cameo. An attractive and brilliant Proof with hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices." This type was struck 1965-66 and is among the last silver half dollars issued for circulation. Silver was removed from the coinage in 1968, following the USA by four years.

Recorded mintage: 12,629,974.

Specification: 11.66 g, 0.800 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-63.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Cross, W. K., The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 62nd Ed., Toronto: Charlton International, 2008.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

• 1964 50 cents
• 1965 10 cents
• 1965 25 cents
• 1965 dollar
• 1967 10 cents, Centennial
• 1970 50 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1965