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The Canadian Gold Maple Leaf (GML) is a gold bullion coin that is issued annually by the Government of Canada. It is produced by the Royal Canadian Mint.

The Gold Maple Leaf is legal tender with a face value of 50 Canadian dollars. The market value of the metal varies, depending on the spot price of gold. Having a .9999 millesimal fineness (24 karats), in some cases .99999, the coin is among the purest official bullion coins worldwide. The standard version has a weight of minimum 1 troy ounce (31.1 grams). Other sizes and denominations include: 1 gram, 1⁄25 oz. ($0.50), 1⁄20 oz. ($1), 1⁄10 oz. ($5), 1⁄4 oz. ($10) and 1⁄2 oz. ($20).

History

The coin was introduced in 1979. At the time the only competing bullion coins being minted were the Krugerrand (which was not widely available because of the economic boycott of apartheid-era South Africa) and the Austrian 100 Corona. Coins minted between 1979 and 1982 have a fineness of .999.

On 3 May 2007, the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a Gold Maple Leaf coin with a nominal face value of $1 million and a metal value of over $3.5 million, referred to as a Big Maple Leaf. It measures 50 cm in diameter by 3 cm thick and has a mass of 100 kg, with a purity of 99.999%. On 26 March 2017, one of the six pieces was stolen from the Berlin Bode Museum; it has not been found as of 2021. It is assumed that it has been melted down for the gold.

The Gold Maple Leaf's obverse displays the profile of the Monarch of Canada while the reverse displays a maple leaf. In 2013 and 2015, new security features were introduced. In 2013, a laser-micro-engraved textured maple leaf was added on a small area of the reverse (Maple Leaf) side of the coin. In the centre of this mark is the numeral denoting the coin's year of issue, which is only visible under magnification. In 2015, the radial lines on the coin's background on both sides of the coin were added.

Specifications

For .99999 ("Five Nines") Pure Gold Maple Leafs, see Special issues below.

The .9999 1982 Gold Maple Leafs began minting in November. Thus, most of the 1982 Gold Maple Leafs are .999 fine.

Some dealers have complained about the production quality of the Gold Maples.

Special issues

99.999% Gold Maple Leaf

The gold Maple Leaf coin was .999 pure until 1982, when its purity was raised to .9999. Some coins are issued at a purity of .99999; this standard does not replace the Mint's .9999 Gold Maple Leaf coins, but is instead reserved for special editions. In 1999, the mint celebrated twenty years of the $100 Maple Leaf coin by issuing coins with a hologram, struck directly onto the coin's surface, rather than as a separate step.

Year	Theme	Artist	Mintage	Issue Price	Special Notes	Image
2005	Fifty Dollar Coin	N/A	at first 600 left 396	N/A	1 troy ounce coin; .99999 oz pure gold - experimental issue
2007	Two Hundred Dollar Coin	Stanley Witten	500	$1,899.95	test bullion coin, 1 troy ounce coin; .99999 oz pure gold, privy t/e - test coin, comes encapsulated and presented in a maroon flock-lined clamshell case, available to collectors who enter draw-to-buy
			30,848	N/A	1 troy ounce coin; .99999 oz pure gold, packaged in assay card
	One Million Dollar Coin		5		Nicknamed the Big Maple Leaf, this coin has a mass of 100 kg (which is 3,215 troy ounces). A set of five coins were minted; one was stolen from Berlin's Bode Museum on March 27, 2017.
2008	Two Hundred Dollar Coin		1,700	$1,394.64	Special Limited Edition First Strike
			27,476	N/A	1 troy ounce coin; .99999 oz pure gold, packaged in assay card
2009		Stanley Witten	13,765
2011		Ago Aarand	8,408		Canadian Mountie Maple Leaf; 1 troy ounce coin; .99999 fine gold 1 oz or pur, packaged in assay card
2012		Stanley Witten	N/A		1 troy ounce coin; .99999 fine gold 1 oz or pur, the picture of the maple leaf on the reverse is the same as on the coin from 2007, but moved right nearly 90 degrees - as on the 100 kg coin, packaged in assay card
	Five Hundred Dollar Coin			5 ounce 9999 gold maple leaf forever, mintage of 200
2014	Two Hundred Dollar Coin	Pierre Leduc	N/A	N/A	1 troy ounce coin; .99999 fine gold 1 oz or pur, Gold Howling Wolf, packaged in assay card
			2,000	CAD2,799.95	1 troy ounce coin; .99999 fine gold 1 oz or pur, Gold Howling Wolf, proof version comes encapsulated and presented in a maroon flock-lined clamshell case
2015			N/A	N/A	1 troy ounce coin; .99999 fine gold 1 oz or pur, Gold Growling Cougar, packaged in assay card
			250	CAD2,799.95	1 troy ounce coin; .99999 fine gold 1 oz or pur, Gold Growling Cougar, proof version comes encapsulated and presented in a maroon flock-lined clamshell case
2016			N/A	N/A	1 troy ounce coin; .99999 fine gold 1 oz or pur, Gold Roaring Grizzly, third and last of series, packaged in assay card
			250	CAD2,799.95	1 troy ounce coin; .99999 fine gold 1 oz or pur, Gold Roaring Grizzly, proof version comes encapsulated and presented in a maroon flock-lined clamshell case

Coloured Gold Maple Leaf

Hologram Gold Maple Leaf

Olympic Maple Leaf

The Royal Canadian Mint and the International Olympic Committee reached an agreement on Olympic Gold and Silver Maple Leaf coins on August 3, 2007, and the agreement allowed the RCM to strike bullion coins with the emblems of the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The issue consists of two coins – one Gold Maple Leaf coin and a Canadian Silver Maple Leaf coin; both coins feature the date of 2008. The RCM sold Olympic coins through all of its major business lines – bullion, circulation and numismatics.

Individual releases

Privy-marked Gold Maple Leaf

Maple Leaf 'Privy M7'

Other fractional Gold Maple Leaf

Bimetallic Maple Leaf

As a way of commemorating 25 years as an industry leader in bullion coins, the Royal Canadian Mint created a unique six-coin set. mint.ca It was a new bimetallic maple leaf, set in bullion finish (a brilliant relief against a parallel lined background). The six-coin set was the first to include the 1⁄25 oz Maple Leaf denomination. Each coin included a double-date of 1979–2004, and the 1 oz coin featured a commemorative privy mark. All coins were packaged in a black leather presentation case with a black velour insert, along with a certificate of authenticity. It was issued at a price of $2,495.95 and with a mintage of 839 sets.

See also

• American Buffalo (coin)
• American Gold Eagle
• Britannia (coin)
• Bullion
• Canadian Silver Maple Leaf
• Canadian Platinum Maple Leaf
• Canadian Palladium Maple Leaf
• Gold as an investment

References

1. "Gold Maple Leaf Coins | The Royal Canadian Mint". www.mint.ca. Archived from the original on 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
2. "Gold Maple Leaf Coins". Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
3. "Maples - Coin of the Day". Nov 22, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
4. "What is the Austrian 100 Corona?". Retrieved July 25, 2020.
5. "Royal Canadian Mint introduces world's first 100-kilogram pure gold coin". May 3, 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
6. "Million Dollar Coin | The Royal Canadian Mint". www.mint.ca.
7. "Massive $1M gold coin from Canadian Mint stolen in Berlin" The Associated Press. March 27, 2017
8. "Ein Jahr nach Münzraub: Noch immer gibt es keine Anklage gegen mutmaßliche Täter" [One year after coin theft: Still no indictment against alleged perpetrators]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
9. faz.net: Goldmünzen-Diebstahl aus Bode-Museum: Haftstrafen für drei Männer, access-date November 8 2020
10. ^ "All the designs of the Gold Maple Leaf". Gerrards Bullion. 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
11. "The Problem with Canadian Gold Maple Leaf Coins". Archived from the original on 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
12. "Canadian Gold Maple Sets Viking Privy Mark". taxfreegold.co.uk. The finish on normal bullion maples is, in our opinion, rather disappointing, with striation marks visible where either the blanks or the dies, possibly both, have been polished prior to striking. These striation marks look like scratches, especially when trying to capture high quality photographic images
13. "2004 Gold Maples 25th Anniversary Edition | Chards | Tax Free Gold". taxfreegold.co.uk. we don't like the production quality of them (Gold Maples), preferring nuggets or Britannias
14. Royal Canadian Mint Currency Timeline, p. 10.
15. "Goldmünze im Wert von einer Million Dollar gestohlen". Der Spiegel. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
16. Solid gold coin worth $4m stolen from Berlin museum BBC (www.bbc.com). Retrieved on 2017-03-27.
17. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Edition, p.440
18. ^ "Maples will sport Olympic Rings", Bret Evans, Canadian Coin News, September 4 to September 17, 2007
19. Mint: 1⁄4 oz. Pure Gold Coin - Allied Gold - Mintage: 1,500 (2015)
20. Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 60th Edition, p. 442

External links

• Official website of the Royal Canadian Mint
• Monarchy - Royal Canadian Mint
• Maple Leafs Get New Packaging
• Royal Canadian Mint Act Archived 2003-12-05 at the Wayback Machine

• Bullion coins of Canada
• Gold bullion coins