I agree.
Whatever it is, it wasn't done at the mint. PMD

Can't be 1911, that was the year of the "godless" legends,
and this coin has "DEI GRA" on it.

There were no 1895 50c coins produced.
Ungradeable without a date.
Worth bullion value.

It would have to be between 1912-1920.
Ungradeable without a date.
Probably worth bullion value but can't tell
if it's .925 silver or .800 silver.

VG-8

Not an error.
It wasn't until 1908 when Canada switched to a medal die axes.
I agree with G-4.

There was a 2000W 50c piece produced .
It appears only in some of the 7 coin BU sets.
Some sets were produced without the "W" on the coins.
It was not produced for circulation so if you have one, it was broken out of a set.

Hi again Darkstrike- When I said it was possibly a Toonie struck on a Loonie planchet, I was going by your statement of it being a one piece coin. If as you say now that it may have a core, this eliminates any chance of it being struck on a Loonie planchet. As the core of a Toonie is mainly copper, ...

Hi Darkstrike- Very nice and rare find. From what I can see, you have a Toonie that was struck on a Loonie planchet. That is the 3rd one that I have seen. (One was in BC so I guess they travelled coast to coast.) The "smoothness" was caused by a weak strike on a thinner and smaller diamete...