Gainesville Coins is pleased to offer the 2012 1 oz Canadian Silver Maple Leaf Coin Monster Box. These coins have been minted by the Royal Canadian Mint since 1988 and is among the best know 1 oz silver bullion coins today. A major distinguishing attribute of the Silver Maple Leaf is its .9999 purity, the highest among silver bullion coins. Other silver bullion coins generally have a purity of just .999.
Canadian Silver Maple Leaf Coins are IRA eligible
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Coin Specifications
| Gross Weight: |
31.10 grams, 1.000 troy oz. |
| Silver Content: |
31.072 grams, 0.9999 troy oz. |
| Diameter: |
38 mm |
| Width: |
2.87 mm |
| Face Value: |
$5 Canadian Dollars |
Front/Obverse
The obverse or the front of the Silver Maple Leaf features a side portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. Since the coin’s inception in 1988, three different versions of Queen Elizabeth II have been used on the Canadian Silver Maple Leaf. The current likeness was introduced in 2009, and was designed Susanna Blunt.
Rear/Reverse
The reverse or the rear of the Silver Maple Leaf features the iconic Maple Leaf. The current design was introduced in 2009, and was designed by by Dora de Pedery-Hunt.
Packaging
The Canadian Silver Maple leaf comes in the Royal Canadian Mint’s distinctive yellow mint sealed monster box of 500 coins. Within each sealed box are 20 tubes of 25 coins each.
Collector Notes:
Silver Maples Leaf Coins are not all the same, and because of this many carry a substantial premium over the coin’s intrinsic silver value. Variations in Silver Maple Leaf coins can be broadly grouped by the following categories:
- year minted
- special editions
- privy marks.
Year: Annual mintage of the Silver Maple Leaf coin is not set, and fluctuates year to year based on investor demand. Since the coins inception in 1988, annual mintages have gyrated widely. The first 3 years saw demand top 1 million coins, however, this dropped off significantly in the 1990s. By 1996 annual mintage of the Silver Maple Leaf had fallen to 250,445. The following year saw Silver Maple Leaf annual mintage fall to just 100,970, the lowest on record. The low mintage for a number of years, including 1996 and 1997 has made certain Silver Maples valuable to collectors.
By the mid 2000s, the annual mintage of Silver Canadian Maple Leaf coins began to rise significantly. This trend was particularly pronounced following the global financial crisis in 2008. By 2006, the annual mintage of Silver Canadian Maple Leafs had exceeded 2 million, increasing every subsequent year, and reaching over 17 million in 2011.
Special Editions: The Royal Canadian Mint has produced a wide variety of special edition Silver Canadian Maple Leafs. These include Colored Silver Maple Leaf Coins, Hologram Silver Maple Leaf Coins, and Olympic Silver Maple Leaf coins. The mintages of “special edition” Silver Maple Leaf coins generally fall below 30,000. Some notable exceptions include the Olympic Silver Maple Leaf coins which had a 79,278 mintage for the Ice Hockey Silver Maple Leaf coin. The Inukshuk Silver Maple Leaf coin had a 937,839 mintage. Because of the extremely low mintage for most special edition Silver Maple Leaf Coins, collector interest place a premium price on many of these coins.
Privy Marks: Privy marks are small engravings that are located on the coins reverse, just below the maple leaf. The mintages of Silver Canadian Maple Leaf Coins with a particular privy mark generally range from as low as 5,000 to 25,000. However, certain privy marks had extensive mintages exceeding 500,000. Some Silver Maple Leaf Coins with a low mintage privy mark command a substantial premium over spot.
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