Canadian Maple Leaf Silver Bullion Coin

Posted on: November 17, 2011

First minted in 1988, the silver Maple Leaf is now one of the more popular members of the Canadian Maple Leaf family of bullion coins…besides silver, one-ounce Maple Leaf coins are also produced by the Royal Canadian Mint in gold, platinum and palladium.

The silver Maple Leaf coin contains one troy ounce of pure .9999 fine (or “four-nines”) silver, making it the purest one-ounce silver coin produced by any government mint anywhere in the world. It is a legal tender coin with a face value of five Canadian dollars, the highest face value of any one-ounce government-minted silver bullion coin.

Details
Silver Content: 31.072g (0.9999 troy oz.)
Gross Weight: 31.1000g (1.000 troy oz.)
Composition: 99.99% Silver
Coin Diameter: 0.117 in. (2.98mm)
Mint Dates: 1988 – present