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Gold Maple Leaf
Quarter oz. (1/4) Bullion Coin

The 1/4 oz. Canadian Gold Maple Leaf bullion coin was introduced in 1982. 

The quarter oz. and the tenth ounce gold maple leaf bullion coins were the first two additions to the already popular 1 oz. Maple Leaf Gold bullion coin.

The gold, for every gold maple leaf coin is exclusively mined in Canada.

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Design of the
1/4 oz. Canadian Gold Maple Leaf
Bullion Coin

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Obverse

The effigy of Queen Elizabeth II graces the obverse side of the 1/4 oz. Gold Maple Leaf bullion coin.

The portrait of the Queen was designed by Susanna Blunt.

Her initials "SB," are located at the top of the Queen's shoulder.

The Gold Maple Leaf displays the Queen's name, "ELIZABETH II" across the top of the gold coin.

The face value of the quarter oz. gold bullion coin is "10 DOLLARS," it is displayed along the bottom of the coin with the year the coin was minted.

In 2015, the Royal Canadian Mint added the radial lines to make it harder for counterfeiter's to reproduce the coins, these lines are inscribed on both sides of the gold bullion coin.

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Reverse

A single, large golden maple leaf graces the reverse side of the 1/4 oz. Gold Maple Leaf bullion coin.

"CANADA" is inscribed across the top of the gold bullion coin.

"FINE GOLD 1/4 OZ OR PUR" is displayed along the bottom of the coin.

Inscribed on both sides of the bullion coin is "9999", this represents the coins purity, in gold.

The edge of the gold coin is Reeded.

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1/4 oz. Gold Maple Leaf
Coin Information

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Introduction:........1982

IRA Approved:.......Yes

Face Value:..........$10 CAD

Gold Content:.......1/4 Troy oz. (ozt.)

Total Weight:........7.776 grams

Purity:.................99.99% / .9999

Karat:..................24 karat gold

Diameter:............20.0mm

Thickness:...........1.78mm

Designers:...........Susanna Blunt (obverse) & Walter Ott (reverse)

Mint Mark:............No

Edge:..................Reeded

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1/4 oz. Canadian Gold Maple Leaf
Mintage Figures:

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Year     Mintage

1982....246,000

1983....130,000

1984....355,200

1985....607,200

1986....879,200

1987....376,800

1988....380,000

1989....328,800

1990....253,600

1991....166,400

1992....179,600

1993....158,452

1994....148,792

1995....127,596

1996....89,148

1997....98,104

1998....85,472

1999....98,928

2000....31,688

2001....35,168

2002....42,940

2003....23,228

2004....18,296

2005....25,748

2006....25,964

2007....17,004

2008....34,368

2009....71,268

2010....41,628

2011....36,164

2012....129,156

2013....173,084

2014....n/a

2015....n/a

2016....n/a

2017....n/a

2018....n/a

2019....n/a

2020....n/a

2021....n/a

2022....n/a

n/a = Not Available, The Royal Canadian Mint has not released the mintage figures for the individually sized Gold Maple Leaf Bullion Coins since 2013, once those numbers are released they will be recorded.

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