50 cents
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50 cents may refer to:
Coinage
Non monetary
Coinage
- Australian 50 cent coin
- 50 cent piece (Canadian coin)50 Cent Piece (Canadian coin)The fifty-cent piece is the common name of the Canadian coin worth 50 cents. It is sometimes referred to as a "half dollar." The coin's reverse depicts the coat of arms of Canada. At the opening ceremonies for the Ottawa branch of the Royal Mint, held on January 2, 1908, Governor General Earl Grey...
- 50 cent euro coins50 cent euro coins50 cent euro coins have a value of half a euro and are composed of an alloy called nordic gold. All coins have a common reverse side and country-specific national sides...
- Half dollar (United States coin)Half dollar (United States coin)Half dollar coins have been produced nearly every year since the inception of the United States Mint in 1794. Sometimes referred to as the fifty-cent piece, the only U.S. coin that has been minted more consistently is the cent.-Circulation:...
- Hong Kong fifty-cent coinHong Kong fifty-cent coinThe fifty cent coin was first introduced as a 0.900% silver half dollar in 1866. These coins were 13.41 grammes, with a diameter of 32 mm, thickness of 2 mm and were reeded. The design was similar to the British Trade dollar, except the image of Britannia was replaces with Queen...
Non monetary
- 50 Cent50 CentCurtis James Jackson III , better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin and The Massacre . Get Rich or Die Tryin has been certified eight times platinum by...
, an American rapper - 50 CentKelvin MartinKelvin Darnell Martin , known to the underworld as 50 Cent, was an American criminal who grew up in the Bronx, New York, but later moved to Brooklyn, New York and was known as a stick-up kid in a Public Housing Project in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.Throughout the 1980s, Martin became a well-known robber...
(Kelvin Martin), a criminal from the Bronx, New York - 50 Cent Party50 Cent PartyThe 50 Cent Party is a pejorative unofficial term for Internet commentators hired by the government of the People's Republic of China or the Communist Party to post comments favorable towards party policies in an attempt to shape and sway public opinion on various Internet message boards...
, a group of Chinese netizens paid by the Chinese government to promote the policies of the Communist Party of China.