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Canadian Maple Leaf Coins

By Randy Zakowski

Canadian Maple Leaf Coins are the official bullion coins of Canada made by the Royal Canadian Mint. They come in the metals of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium.

The Canadian Gold Maple Leaf was designed by Walter Ott and has been minted since 1979. It is made of .9999 fine gold with almost no base metals mined only in Canada. It is made in 1/20 oz worth $1C, 1/10 oz worth $5C, 1/4 oz worth $10C, 1/2 oz worth $20C, and 1 oz worth $50C. The obverse of the coin has Queen Elizabeth II and the reverse has a picture of a Canadian Maple Leaf. There are two different variations of the obverse, 39-year old Elizabeth II and 64-year old Elizabeth II.

TheCanadian Maple Leaf silver dollar has been minted since 1988. It is made of 1 ounce of .9999 fine silver and is worth $5C. It has an average mintage of 935,680 coins per year. There has been many different variations to this coin including the Privy Mark Silver Maple Leaf, the Coloured Silver Maple Leaf, the Hologram Silver Maple Leaf, and the Olympic Maple Leaf. The obverse of the coin has one of three pictures of Elizabeth II, at age 39, age 64, and age 79. The reverse has a picture of the Canadian Maple Leaf.

The Canadian Platinum Maple Leaf was minted from 1988 to 1999 and then again in 2002. It was made of .9995 fine platinum in 1/20 oz worth $1C, 1/10 oz worth $5C, 1/4 oz worth $10C, 1/2 oz worth $20C, and 1 oz worth $50C. The obverse of the coin has Queen Elizabeth II and the reverse has a picture of a Canadian Maple Leaf. Like the Canadian Gold Maple Leaf, there are two different variations of the obverse, 39-year old Elizabeth II and 64-year old Elizabeth II.

The Canadian Palladium Maple Leaf started being minted in 2005 and has continued to be minted since. It is made of 1 ounce of .9995 fine palladium. The obverse has a picture of Queen Elizabeth II at age 79 and the reverse has a picture of a Canadian Maple Leaf.

The Canadian Maple Leaves are the ultimate Canadian collectible coins. The values of these coins are planned to increase due to the rising prices of precious metals and their low mintages. Get yours while you can before they go up in price.

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About The Author

Randy Zakowski is an author and a successful coin seller. Visit his site Canadian and U.S. Money to find great deals on Canadian Gold Maple Leaf plus many other Canadian Coins.

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After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S. Government issued specially marked notes for circulation only in Hawaii as an economic defense measure in case of an invasion. After August 15, 1942, it was illegal to hold any other currency on the islands without a special license. If the feared invasion did occur, the government could easily declare the specially marked money valueless.
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If you are keen on collecting old money you will probably know that a collector's item of old money is called fractional currency. I was really intrigued when I learnt that during the Civil War the United States began printing 50 cents, 25 cents, 15 cents, 10 cents and 5 cents paper money as they run short on change. Now such weird banknotes are highly desired by any true collector.
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A major type of luster is prooflike. When dies are readied for production they are polished and/or rubbed with a cloth in order to make them appear bright and new. This polish fades rather quickly and certain issues are almost never seen with mirror-like reflectiveness. As an example, I have seen very few Prooflike coins from Charlotte and Dahlonega and only a handful from New Orleans.
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