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Hi I'm Lynne, Welcome to Chard TV

Today we're going to talk about one of our most interesting and popular gold coins

the Canadian Maple

Canada was the first country to introduce a pure gold bullion coin.

It is known as the Maple or the Maple Leaf. As a government issued gold bullion coin.

It was the second to become available after the South African Krugerrand

The maple leaf is Canada's national emblem

and is instantly recognisable worldwide, it was therefore

an obvious and suitable choice for the reverse

of their gold bullion coin. The obverse there is a portrait of

her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second. When it was first introduced in 1979

in one ounce version only, it was made in point 9 9 9

gold in other words 99.9 percent pure.

From 1983 onwards this was changed

to point 9 9 9 9 gold

which is 99.99 percent pure.

This purity of gold means that the coins contain

virtually no base metal at all, only gold

from the mines of Canada. This makes very little practical difference to the

actual gold content or value.

Interestingly in 2007 the Royal Canadian Mint

introduced the first purest gold bullion coin

with a the purity of point 9 9 9 9 9

this standard does not replace

the normal point 9 9 9 9

but is reserved for special editions. On May the 3rd 2007

the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a Gold Maple Leaf coin

with a face value of one million dollars, although the actual gold content at the

time was two million dollars.

The coin weighed 100 kilograms

and the artist was senior engraver Stanley Witten.

The coin was mainly a promotional product to give the mint a higher

international profile and to promote the mints new line

of 99.999 percent

pure gold maple bullion coins. In October 2007 the million dollar coin

was certified by Guinness World Records to be the largest gold coin

in the world. A question often asked is why did the Royal Canadian Mint

make the world's purest and largest gold bullion coin

and their answer is "because we can!"

Maples are available in different sizes and weights

there is the one ounce,

the half, quarter, twentieth

15th and 10th. Although the one ounce was introduced in 1979

it wasn't until 1982 that the fractional sizes began to be introduced.

Proof Maples are available individually

or in sets. However they were only ever issued in one year

that being 1989, however this also makes it very easy for us to remember which years

we have in stock.

A distinctive feature of the Maple is its gold purity

it being 24 carat gold. If we compare it to the Krugerrand

which is 22 carat gold, it is

smaller, lighter and has a totally different colour.

We find that many of our customers choose Maples because of

the high pure gold content. For circulating coins pure gold would be too soft to be

sufficiently durable

but for bullion coins there is no such disadvantage.

In many ways it's more exciting to hold a pure gold coin

rather than an alloyed one. It has a beautiful colour

and being of a higher density also has a higher quality heft or feel.

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