Canadian Maple Leaf Silver
The Canadian Maple Leaf is a Silver & Gold bullion coin issued annually by the government of Canada. The coin has been minted by the Royal Canadian Mint (Ur. C. M.) since 1988.
The face value in the 1 oz coin is 5 Canadian dollars, the highest among international gold bullion coins. During 2008, the market value in the coin was approximately 20 Canadian dollars. The market value in 2011 was above 35 Canadian dollars. The purity in the coin is 99. 99% gold, also the highest among additional bullion issues which have a 99. 9% standard.
The coin typically always features a Maple-Leaf and also typically consists of 1 troy ounce (31. 1 h) of gold. Annual dissimilarities for that coin in past have listed proof releases (1989 only), privy marks, a communicate maple leaf (with a design distinctive from the regular maple leaf), holographic enhancements as well as some differing designs, such as a 2009 issue commemorating the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Your main one universal element in all gold maple leaf coins is the phrase "Fine Silver 1 oz Argent Pur" along the bottom in the reverse in the coin.
Several notable issues have been released within the life in the series. A single-issue 10 oz version was produced in 1998 to mark the 10th anniversary in the coin series. In 1999, all Gold Maple Leaf coins that were issued came with a privy mark to commemorate the 20th Anniversary in the RCM Maple Leaf Program. The following 12 months, the coins featured a Privy Mark with Fireworks and the number 2000. Another Gold Maple Leaf was issued to commemorate the Millennium. The coins were double went out with 1999 and also 2000.
Silver Maple Leafs differ from their Canadian Gold Maple-Leaf and also Platinum Maple Leaf counterparts in that collector demand generates prices well above and beyond bullion value. Specifically, the 1996 and also 1997 devices fetched very high prices due to limited mintages (for example, in 1997 just under 101, 000 Maple Leafs were minted, in comparison with more than 1. 3 thousand minted in 1999 and the checklist 17. 8 thousand minted for 2010).
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Some of the privy marked Maple Leafs were obtainable only in Europe. Regarding the first time in 2009, the Gold Maple Leaf coins were not packaged in Mylar by the Royal Canadian Mint. Due to the high demand, the Gold Maple Leaf was packaged in tubes of 25 single ounces.
Reverse: Picture of a maple leaf. On some dissimilarities you can also get a tiny privy mark on the decreased 50 % of the coin or colour enhancement.
Obverse: The effigy of Princess or queen Elizabeth II. There are three different devices, a young head version, an old head version, and also an older head version. The season of issue and the face value of 5 dollars is also displayed with this team.
