The Gold Maple Leaf is legal tender with a face value of 50 Canadian dollars.
[2][3] At the time the only competing bullion coins being minted were the Krugerrand (which was not widely available because of the economic boycott of apartheid-era South Africa) and the Austrian 100 Corona.
On 3 May 2007, the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a Gold Maple Leaf coin with a nominal face value of $1 million and a metal value of over $3.5 million, referred to as a Big Maple Leaf.
In the centre of this mark is the numeral denoting the coin's year of issue, which is only visible under magnification.
[10] For .99999 ("Five Nines") Pure Gold Maple Leafs, see Special issues below.
The RCM sold Olympic coins through all of its major business lines – bullion, circulation and numismatics.
[18] As a way of commemorating 25 years as an industry leader in bullion coins, the Royal Canadian Mint created a unique six-coin set.
mint.ca It was a new bimetallic maple leaf, set in bullion finish (a brilliant relief against a parallel lined background).