In 1997 the 50p coin was reduced in size and the older large 50p coins were removed from circulation.
Below is a year-by-year list of the mintage quantities for 50p coins that were produced by the Royal Mint between 1997 and 2014.
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1997 Britannia – 456,364,100
1998 Britannia – 64,306,500
1998 NHS – 5,001,000
1998 European Union – 5,043,000
1999 Britannia – 24,905,000
2000 Britannia – 27,915,500
2000 Public Libraries Act – 11,263,000
2001 Britannia – 84,998,500
2002 Britannia – 23,907,500
2003 Britannia – 23,583,000
2003 Suffragettes – 3,124,030
2004 Britannia – 35,315,500
2004 Roger Bannister – 9,032,500
2005 Britannia – 25,363,500
2005 Johnson’s Dictionary – 17,649,000
2006 Britannia – 24,567,000
2006 Victoria Cross Award – 12,087,000
2006 Victoria Cross Heroic Acts – 10,000,500
2007 Britannia – 11,200,000
2007 Scouting – 7,710,750
2008 Britannia – 3,500,000
2008 Royal Shield – 22,747,000
2009 Kew Gardens – 210,000
2010 Girl Guides – 7,410,090
2011 WWF – 3,400,000
2011 London Olympics Series –
2012 Royal Shield – 32,300,030
2013 Royal Shield – 10,301,000
2013 Benjamin Britten – 5,300,000
2013 Christopher Ironside – 7,000,000
2014 Royal Shield – 49,001,000
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow – 6,500,000