![]() ![]() In times of crisis silver investments secure capital next to gold investments. Silver has no known substitute for literally thousands of industrial applications. The use of silver is foremost in jewellery production, in industry and crafts. Maple Leaf silver coins Advantages & DisadvantagesĪ principal advantage of silver coins is the fact that silver can never completely lose its value, as it is the case for currencies and equities. Its most important product in addition to about 74 foreign currencies, Maple Leaf bullion coins, medals and collector coins is the Canadian Dollar. In 1969 the Royal Canadian Mint was granted entrepreneurial freedom as a Crown Corporation. From 1931 on, the Mint became under the control of the Canadian Treasury. Founded in 1908, the Royal Canadian Mint acted as a branch of the Royal Mint of the United Kingdom. The Canadian Royal Canadian Mint, based in Ottawa, is one of the largest mints in the world. Beneath the Maple Leaf is the nominal value and the year of issue. In addition, is impressed on the design of the name of the Regent. Therefore, since the first embossing in 1988 "Queen Elizabeth II" to see. The back is held traditional for Commonwealth coins and equipped with the current Ruler of the United Kingdom. On the edge side on the lower half of the coin are the following words engraved "Fine Silver 1oz Argent pur". Left and right of the motif the fineness "9999" can be seen. Above the design of the Maple Leaf silver coin the country of manufacture "Canada" is stamped. Below the motif the laser engram safety feature can be seen, it is integrated in a small maple leaf and shows the last two digits of the embossing year. This maple leaf is shown not only in outline, but with the very fine contours of the leaf. The front shows the motif of a Maple Leaf, the national symbol of Canada. The surfaces of both sides of the coin have a fine line structure, the radial lines, facing inward and getting narrower until it disappears completely. Their rippled edge actually serves to protect against tampering, since the cutting of silver would be detected immediately. The edge rod protects the design and allows better stacking of the coin. Maple Leaf silver coins have like most other coins also an edge rod and a rippled edge. In recent years, Maple Leaf silver sales were in the tens of millions next to the American Eagle and the Vienna Philharmonic making the “Maple” one of the the best-selling silver coins in the world. The Maple Leaf silver coins could be established on the world market quickly and easily. In 1988 the Silver Maple Leaf was published, it still today has a fine weight of 1 oz and also the appearance has not changed, which is undoubtedly one of its strengths. Until then, the Krugerrand, which was first minted by South Africa in 1967, still dominated, but Maple Leaf gold coins were able to establish themselves as very successful investment coins around the world. With the introduction of Maple Leaf gold coins in 1979, the triumph of these investment coins began. Thus it was only logical that countries and their mints brought bullion coins in gold and silver to the market in order to bring their partly self mined precious metals to the investor market. With the onset of the oil crisis in the early 1970s and the end of the gold ban in the United States and other countries, investors were able to re-invest in gold. Weight Fineweight Diameter Thickness Nominal Value This is because the real value is above the nominal value. Of course, the Maple Leaf silver coin is not used for shopping of goods or services in Canada. The Maple Leaf has a nominal value of 5 Canadian dollars, making it legal tender in Canada. The diameter of the coin is 38 mm and the thickness is 3.15 mm. The precious metal silver is very soft, which is why the Maple Leaf has low scratch resistance. The Maple Leaf silver coin is made of pure silver with a fine weight of 1 oz and fineness of 999.9/1000. Maple Leaf silver coins are sold VAT-free in our Estonian branch. Maple Leaf 1 oz silver coins are made in Canada and the official Mint is the Royal Canadian Mint. The coin has a high fineness of 999.9/1000 and since 2013 an additional security feature, the so called laser engram. The Maple Leaf is among the best-selling investment silver coins worldwide. ![]()
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