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The term "half dollar" refers to a half-unit of several currencies that are named "
dollar
Dollar is the name of more than 25 currencies. The United States dollar, named after the international currency known as the Spanish dollar, was established in 1792 and is the first so named that still survives. Others include the Australian d ...
". One dollar ( $1) is normally divided into subsidiary currency of 100 cents, so a half dollar is equal to 50 cents. 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
Formerly minted
See also
*Fractional currency
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Fractional currency, also referred to as shinplasters, was introduced by the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government following the outbreak of the American Civil War, Civil War. These low-Denomination ...
- includes 50 cent notes formerly issued by the United States.
*Confederate States dollar
The Confederate States dollar was first issued just before the outbreak of the American Civil War by the newly formed Confederacy. It was not backed by hard assets, but simply by a promise to pay the bearer after the war, on the prospect of Sout ...
- includes Confederate 50 cent notes.
*Japanese invasion money
Japanese invasion money, officially known as Southern Development Bank Notes ( ''Dai Tō-A Sensō gunpyō'', "Greater East Asia War military scrip"), was currency issued by the Japanese Military Authority, as a replacement for local currency afte ...
- includes 50 cent notes from World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
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