2020 1/4 oz Canadian Gold Maple Leaf Coin

Description

2020 1/4 oz Canadian Gold Maple Leaf Coin When Canadian Gold Maple Leaf Coins were introduced, the Royal Canadian Mint only produced the coins in 1 oz of .999 pure gold. The first additions to the series came in November 1982 when the 1/4 oz and 1/10 oz coins were added and the purity was boosted to .9999 pure gold. Today, 2020 1/4 oz Canadian Gold Maple Leaf Coins are available to you online from Capital Bullion.

Coin Highlights:

• Available to you with individual protective plastic flips or sealed sheets of 20 coins!
• 41^st issue year for the Canadian Gold Maple Leaf series!
• Contains 1/4 Troy oz of .9999 pure gold in BU condition.
• The face value of $10 (CAD) is fully backed by the Canadian government.
• On the obverse side is Queen Elizabeth II.
• The reverse bears the sugar maple leaf emblem.

The Royal Canadian Mint made its first additions to the Canadian Gold Maple Leaf Series in 1982. The first additions included the 1/4 oz and 1/10 oz coin. The mint would go on to add three more weights between 1986 and 2014, only once removing a coin. That was the 1/15 oz gold coin struck only in 1994 to mark the 15^th anniversary.

All 2020 1/4 oz Canadian Gold Maple Leaf Coins in this listing ship with a protective plastic flip for individual coins or sealed plastic sheets of 20 coins. Each individual coin is available in Brilliant Uncirculated condition.

It is also important to note the security features included in the design of the Canadian Gold Maple Leaf coins. These 2020 Gold Maple Leaf Coins have radial lines in the background field on both the obverse and reverse, with a maple leaf privy on the reverse that includes the 20 digits from the date mark within the center.

On the reverse of 2020 1/4 oz Canadian Gold Maple Leaf Coins is a depiction of the sugar maple leaf. A special emblem to the Canadian nation, it was first used to represent the early provinces and territories of Canada during the colonial era of the 17^th and 18^th centuries. This image was created in 1979 by Walter Ott for the debut of the Gold Maple Leaf.

The obverse of 2020 Canadian Gold Maple Leaf Coin features the portrait of a 79-year-old Queen Elizabeth II. Designed in 2003, this image appears on all bullion and circulation coinage from the Royal Canadian Mint. It is the first during her reign to show the Queen without a crown on her head.