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Palladium Coin Information The Royal Canadian Mint produced the first government issued palladium bullion coin with the Palladium Maple Leaf. Several other countries had previously issued palladium coins as commemorative issues, but not bullion coins. The Palladium Maple Leaf was an interesting addition to the Maple Leaf coins, which already included Gold Maple Leaf, Silver [...]

Platinum Coin Information The Platinum Maple Leaf is the platinum bullion coin from the Royal Canadian Mint. The coins were first introduced in 1988 and were minted until 1999 when the rising price of platinum caused demand for platinum bullion coins to fall. The coin was later minted in 2002. The series was revived once [...]

Silver Coin Information The Silver Maple Leaf is a silver bullion coin issued by Canada. The coins have been released continuously since 1988 and are produced by the Royal Canadian Mint. The silver bullion coin was created following the success of the Gold Maple Leaf. The obverse of the coin displays the effigy of Queen [...]

Gold Coin Information The official gold bullion coin of Canada is the Gold Maple Leaf. These bullion coins have been offered continuously since 1979 and are produced by the Royal Canadian Mint. The obverse of the coin carries an image of the Queen and the reverse of the coin features the Maple Leaf, which is [...]

Silver Coin Information The Australian Silver Koala was first released in 2007. The silver bullion coins were produced by the Perth Mint of Australia following other silver bullion coin series such as the Australian Kookaburra and Australian Lunar series. The koala was chosen as a subject since it is native only to Australia. The Silver [...]

Coin Series The First Spouse Gold Coin series began its second year in 2008. The series had begun in 2007 to complement with the Presidential Dollar Program by creating 24 karat one half ounce gold coins to honor the spouse of each President. After the first two coins were released simultaneously, the remaining coins have [...]

Gold Coin Information The American Gold Eagle was first offered by the United States Mint in 1986 as a 22 karat gold bullion coin. Proof versions of the coin were also offered for collectors. Since 2006, collectible uncirculated versions of the coin have been produced which are struck on specially burnished blanks and carry the [...]