Acquiring Canadian Maple Leaf

By Stephen D. Sneed


The Canadian Maple Leaf is the official gold bullion coin for Canada. The Canadian Maple Leaf is .9999 pure 24-karat gold, and it is among the finest of all the gold coins minted worldwide. It was first minted in 1979, and at that period the only other gold bullion coin was the Krugerrand gold coin. However that gold coin wasn't accessible to anyone due to economic boycotts of South Africa.

For anyone looking to diversify their investment portfolio with precious metals you need look no more than the Canadian Maple Leaf. The Canadian Maple Leaf is available in a varied of weights: 1/20th troy ounce, 1/10th troy ounce, 1/4th troy ounce, 1/2 troy ounce and 1 troy ounce. There was a time when the gold Canadian Maple Leaf was minted in 1/15th troy ounce, also. The various weights makes it simple for everybody to collect, and it makes it useful if you ever needed to negotiate your precious metals in times of need.

However the Canadian Maple Leaf comes not only in gold but silver, palladium and platinum. Silver Canadian Maple Leaf bullion is considered the most favorite of the Canadian Maple Leaf bullion. This is practical as it's a cheaper value precious metal, but a metal that is highly collectable by the huge majority of coin enthusiasts.

Yet, the silver Canadian Maple Leaf can have to have a higher premium than the spot price of silver for that day. Commonly, this small premium above spot silver value is for the uncirculated BU coins. If the coin is certified graded, then, it can demand an even higher premium... depending on the grade and on the rarity of the mint.

The Canadian Palladium Maple Leaf was first introduce in 2005 and has become a popular version of the Canadian Maple Leaf from day one. With palladium being more valued than silver, but to cost less compared to gold Maple Leaf... It has gained some serious collectors.

Point being, it doesn't matter if you're contemplating investing in silver, palladium, gold or platinum the Canadian Maple Leaf is a good coin to buy. So if you want to invest, do it now.




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