1904 Canada 50 Cent Value

A 1904 Canada 50 Cent is worth roughly its melt value to well into four figures depending on its condition. Where your coin lands depends on wear, strike and surface quality.

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Illustrative rendering. Photographs of this date are being added.

1904 Canada 50 Cent value by grade

1904 Canada 50 Cent value by grade
GradeEstimated value

Estimated retail range. Estimates are modeled from mintage rarity and metal content, not auction records. Actual sale prices vary with certification, eye appeal and market timing.

Current 1904 Canada 50 Cent value

The market for the 1904 Canada 50 Cent is driven by condition above all.

1904 Canada 50 Cent specifications

Series
Canada Coinage
Year
1904
Mint mark
None (Philadelphia)
Mintage
Not recorded
Composition
Silver
Diameter
30 mm

Reading a coin with no mint mark

No mint mark is the mark here: the 1904 Canada 50 Cent comes from the main Philadelphia Mint, which left its coins unlettered in this era. The position where branch mints placed their letter (varies by series) is simply blank.

Why the 1904 Canada 50 Cent is worth money

Official mintage figures for the 1904 Canada 50 Cent are not well established. The museum-documented specimens behind our specifications provide the physical reference points for the issue, and the market prices it on observed scarcity.

There is history in a 1904 Canada Coinage as well. Documented Canada coin types preserved in museum collections, with measured specifications for each date, denomination and mint. That backdrop keeps the series among the most actively collected in American numismatics.

1904 Canada 50 Cent inscriptions & design

Obverse

EDWARDS VII DEI GRATIA REX IMPERATOR

Bust r. crowned

Reverse

NEWFOUNDLAND 50 CENTS/ 1904

legend

Measured 1904 Canada 50 Cent specimens

1 physically measured 1904 Canada 50 Cent example in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, 30 mm minting standard.

Measured 1904 Canada 50 Cent specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1904 Canada 50 Cent #1-30 mm--

Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.