Canadian Platinum Maple Leaf

Platinum Maple Leaf
Canada
Value50 Canadian dollars (face value only)
Mass31.110[1] g (1.00 troy oz)
Diameter30[1] mm
EdgeSerrated
Composition99.95% Pt[1]
Years of minting1988–2002 (five denominations)
2009–present (1 oz only)
Obverse
DesignQueen Elizabeth II
DesignerSusanna Blunt
Design date2003
Reverse
DesignMaple Leaf
DesignerRCM engravers
Design date1988

The Canadian Platinum Maple Leaf is the official bullion platinum coin of Canada. First issued by the Royal Canadian Mint in 1988, it was available until 2002 in five different denominations, all of which are marked as containing .9995 pure platinum. The bullion coin was partly reintroduced in 2009 in the form of the 1 troy ounce denomination in .9999 purity, featuring a new portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse. The coins have legal tender status in Canada, but as is often the case with bullion coins, the face values of these coins is lower than the market price of the material they are made from.

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