The Canadian Gold Maple Leaf – Worth Its Weight In Gold!

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The Canadian Gold Maple Leaf coins are the world’s top selling 24-karat gold bullion coins. They come in five sizes: 1 ounce, ½ ounce, ¼ ounce, 1/10 ounce and 1/20 ounce. The early Gold Maple Leaf coins, dated from 1979-1982, were minted of .999 fine gold, but since 1983, these extraordinary coins have been minted of .9999 fine gold. They are commonly called the three 9’s and the four 9’s Gold Maple Leafs and both types are 24-karat gold bullion coins. When first introduced in 1979, the Royal Canadian Mint made the Gold Maple Leafs of 24-karat gold to set them apart from the Krugerrands of South Africa, which monopolized the gold bullion coin market at the time.

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Older United States gold coins were of 90% gold and 10% copper and the American Gold Eagle coins are 91.67% gold, or 22-karat, as are the Krugerrands. The only 24-karat gold coins produced by the U.S. Mint were commemorative coins, until the 99.99% Gold Buffaloes were issued in June 2006. In 2007, the Royal Canadian Mint stunned the coin world by issuing two variants of the one-ounce Gold Maple Leaf coin—a 220 pound 99.999% fine gold, one million dollar (Canadian) face value coin. That would be worth over two million dollars U.S. at that time! The other variant in 2007 was a new 99.999% one-ounce Gold Maple Leaf that had a face value of $200 (Canadian). This is the greatest face value of all one-ounce legal tender gold bullion coins.

The Canadian Gold Maple Leaf coins are renowned and esteemed all over the world, due to the infallible standards of quality insisted upon by the Royal Canadian Mint. The Royal Canadian Mint’s emphasis on error less planchets, which are the gold blanks from which gold coins are struck, has afforded them an irreproachable reputation with collectors and investors. The Royal Canadian Mint also guarantees the coins’ gold content and purity.

Gracing the obverse of the stunning Gold Maple is the bust of Queen Elizabeth II, who is the head of state of Canada. This portrait was designed by Arnold Machin. From 1979-1989, the Queen is depicted on the coin at age 39, but since 1990, she is shown at age 64. The denomination and mint date are in an arc around the bottom of the coin, while the words “ELIZABETH II” are in an arc across the top.

The Gold Maple’s reverse side features the Canadian Maple Leaf, which became Canada’s national symbol in 1965. This was when The National Flag of Canada, with the noted Maple Leaf design, was adopted. In an arc across the top, is the word “CANADA”. The level of purity of the gold “9999” is on both sides of the Maple Leaf and the gold content is shown in an arc around the bottom.

The Royal Canadian Mint takes their Gold Maple Leaf coins directly from the press and puts them into mint storage tubes, holding twenty coins each. The coins may infrequently get a tiny contact nick, but their quality remains fundamentally perfect, just like the day they were minted. Due to the fact that these Canadian Gold Maple coins are pure gold, they can be scratched very easily, so great care must be taken when handling them. This problem also exists because of their design—smooth fields on both the obverse and the reverse of the coin and due to their sharp milled edges. The Canadian Gold Maple’s exceptional beauty, the unparalleled purity and the fact that they are popular the world over, makes these exquisite coins a must-have for investors and collectors. Buy this stunning gold maple leaf at GovMint.com for Gold under $150! Click here!

 

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