1 Million Gold Canadian Maple Leaf
It s considered to be the most impressive special release of the canadian gold maple leaf being the first mintage of a million dollar face value gold coin.
1 million gold canadian maple leaf. Its diameter is 50cm and thick is 3cm with mass of 100kgs and 99 999 fineness. As of march 2017 the market value of a single big maple leaf had reached approximately 4 million. The gold maple leaf is legal tender with a face value of 50 canadian dollars the market value of the metal varies depending on the spot price of gold having a 9999 millesimal fineness 24 carats in some cases 99999 the coin is among the. Its market value is worth over 2 million at the time.
The royal canadian mint s gold maple leaf gml coins are among the world s most popular pure gold coins with more than 25 million units sold since their introduction in 1979. 1 10 oz gold maple leaf. Description edit see also. Police say the three centimetre thick gold coin has a diameter of 53 cm and a face.
In may 2007 a gold maple leaf coin with face value of 1 million was minted by the royal canadian mint. Heinz peter bader reuters file march 28 2017 8 47 am utc updated march 28. The royal canadian mint defines this 99999 purity as having less than 10 parts per million of 19 elements in reference to the bulk material under the coin s surface described in an article by news agency reuters as the size of an extra large pizza the piece. An identical coin to this canadian 1 million big maple leaf was stolen from berlin s bode museum on monday.
The canadian gold maple leaf gml is a gold bullion coin that is issued annually by the government of canada it is produced by the royal canadian mint. The gml was the first bullion coin to achieve the heightened standard of 9999 purity and has become the favored coin for many investors. The canadian big maple leaf coin worth several million dollars was stolen from the bode museum in march. Yet the biggest gold maple leaf manufactured by the royal canadian mint was the 100 kg 99999 pure gold maple leaf issued in 2007 with a face value of 1 million.
Canadian maple leaf the coin is composed of 99999 fine gold and weighs 100 kilograms 220 5 pounds. Minted in 100 kilograms of 99 999 pure gold it earned a world record and now it can be yours.