Canadian Maple Leaf Gold Bullion Coin

The Canadian Maple Leaf Gold Coin – The Purest of All Gold Bullion ...

Canadian coins are 99.99% pure. They are said to be the purest gold bullion coins in the world.

Being 24 karat gold, Maple Leaf gold coins are indeed less durable than American Eagles or South African Krugerrands. Pure gold bullion has rarely been used as a regularly circulated currency because it can be easily worn out, damaged, or bent over time. However, despite being legal tender in Canada, Maple Leaf gold coins are not a regularly circulated currency and are intended mainly for collectors and investors to own and hold onto. You can not walk into a Canadian Maple Leaf gold coins have become popular in many markets because of their status as “pure gold”. Some people...

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Canadian Coins

Canadian Mint.  You may be surprised to know that for the first 5 decades of Canada’s existence, coins were not actually made in Canada.  The Royal Mint, in London, England made Canada’s coins up until the Ottawa mint location was built in 1908, but it was still under British control until 1931.

Over the years the Canadian coins that collectors are interested in collecting and that tend to be very popular.

50 Cent Piece

This silver coin came into existence in in 1870 and it contained 92.5% silver and 7.5% copper.  Over the years the ratio of silver and copper fluctuated and at one point was as low as 80% silver for a time.  These coins are legal tender in Canada, but are not used by most of the population.  It is so rare to see a 50 cent piece in circulation that many Canadians do not know what they are or believe them to be actual legal tender.

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News

Gold Panic Buying Ends, Reducing Austrian Coin Sales by 80%

BusinessWeek - Mar 19, 2010

Gold #39;Panic#39; Buying Ends, Reducing Austrian Coin Sales by 80%Austria lost market share to the Canadian Maple Leaf coin last year and is the world#39;s No. 3 producer of gold coins, he said. The American Eagle 1-ounce and morenbsp;raquo;

Keeping 5% of portfolio in gold isnt a bad idea as a hedge

USA Today - Mar 05, 2010

Keeping 5% of portfolio in gold isn#39;t a bad idea as a hedgeYou can also buy 24-carat Canadian Maple Leaf coins, which have the same amount of gold as Eagles, but not the other metals used to harden the coin. and morenbsp;raquo;

Canada Stocks Decline as Potash Corp. Falls on India Concerns

BusinessWeek - Feb 24, 2010

Maple Leaf Foods, Canada#39;s largest meat-products company, slipped 2.9 percent to C$10.88 after missing the average of seven forecasts by 11 percent, and morenbsp;raquo;

Investment Rarities: Demand for American Silver Eagle Coins Hits Record Levels

PR Web (press release) - Mar 04, 2010

Canadian Maple Leafs and 100-oz. silver bars are starting to move briskly as well.” quot;Silver investors have been presented with a gift. and morenbsp;raquo;

Trump Alumn Fired Up About Gold, Guardian Commodities

PR-USA.net (press release) - Mar 06, 2010

Commodities: US Mint Gold and Silver Eagles; Royal Canadian Mint Gold, Silver, Platinum, and Palladium Maple Leafs; South African Gold Krugerrands.