Philippines | |
Value | 0.50 Philippine peso |
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Mass | 3.0 g |
Diameter | 17.5 mm |
Edge | Plain (Flora and Fauna Series) Reeded (Improved Flora and Fauna Series) |
Composition |
Copper-nickel (1983–1991) Brass (1991–1994) |
Years of minting | 1880–1994 |
Obverse | |
Design | State title, Marcelo H. del Pilar, year of minting |
Design date | 1991 |
Reverse | |
Design | Pithecophaga jefferyi (Philippine eagle), Value |
Design date | 1991 |
The Philippine fifty-centavo coin ( Filipino: Limampung sentimo) (50¢) was a denomination of Philippine currency. It was minted for the Philippines from 1864 [1] to 1994 and was demonetized in 1998.
Prior to 1864, coins valued at 1/2 a Spanish dollar (or peso) or four reales issued by Spain and Spanish America were generally accepted in the Philippines for half a peso. The half-peso coin was considered as the successor to the pre-Hispanic silver denomination rupee or rupiah, locally called salapi. In 1864 a silver 50-centimo coin was issued specifically for the Philippines weighing 12.98 grams of 0.9 fine silver (reduced to 0.835 fine after 1881).
In 1903 the 50-centavo coin equivalent to 1/4th a U.S. dollar was minted for the Philippines, weighing 13.48 grams of 0.9 fine silver. Its specifications were reduced from 1907 to 10.0 grams of 0.75 fine silver; this was minted until 1945.
English Series (1958–1967) |
Pilipino Series (1969–1974) |
Flora and Fauna Series (1983–1990, 1991–1994) | |
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Reverse |
Some of the coins of the Flora and Fauna Series had an error; in the fifty-centavo coin, the text was "Pitecobhaga jefferyi" instead of "Pitecophaga jefferyi", It was later replaced by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. [12] [13]