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Last Updated on 06/23/2024

Canadian Gold Maple Leaf
Twentieth oz. (1/20th oz)
Bullion Coin

In 1993, the Royal Canadian Mint added the 1/20th oz Canadian Gold Maple Leaf coin to their popular series of bullion coins; its one of the smallest gold bullion coins on the market and one of the most affordable.

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Design of the
1/20 oz. Canadian Gold Maple Leaf
Bullion Coin

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Obverse

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The obverse side of the 1/20 oz Canadian Gold Maple Leaf bullion coin displays the effigy of King Charles III of Great Britain, designed by Steven Rosati, a Canadian award-winning portrait artist.

Inscriptions:

• CHARLES III
• 1 DOLLARS
• Year of Issue
• SR - initials of Steven Rosati on the King's jacket collar

The Royal Canadian Mint added radial lines on both sides of the gold bullion coin to make it harder for counterfeiters to reproduce the coins.

From 1952 through 2022, Queen Elizabeth II faced the right, and now the King of England, Charles III, faces the left.

Switching the direction a monarch faces on Canadian coinage for the British Royal Family is a tradition that dates back to the 17th century. 

Coin photo courtesy of SD Bullion

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Reverse

The reverse side of the 1/20th oz. Gold Maple Leaf bullion coin displays Canada's National Symbol, the Canadian Maple Leaf.

The design of the Maple Leaf is displayed in high detail it was created by Walter Ott.

Walter Ott died on November 9th, 2020, at the age of 100; his family wrote in his obituary the following: "Of the more than 1000 coins and medals he brought into production, he was proudest of the Canadian Gold Bullion Maple Leaf he designed and modeled."

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Inscriptions:

• CANADA
• 9999
• FINE GOLD
• 1/20 OZ
• OR PUR  ("Pure Gold" in French)
  

The Royal Canadian Mint added radial lines to make it harder for counterfeiters to reproduce the coins; these lines are on both sides of all the Canadian Maple Leaf bullion coins.

The edge of the gold bullion coin is reeded.

Coin photo provided courtesy of SD Bullion

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1/20 oz. Gold Maple Leaf
Coin Information

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Introduction:.......1993

IRA Approved:.....Yes

Face Value:.........$1 CAD

Gold Content:......1/20 Troy oz.

Total Weight:......1.555 grams

Purity:................99.99% / 999.9 per mille

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

Diameter:...........14.0mm

Thickness:..........0.92mm

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

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

Edge:.................reeded

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1/20 oz. Canadian Gold Maple Leaf 
Mintage Figures:

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Year     Mintage

1993....37,080

1994....78,860

1995....85,920

1996....56,520

1997....59,720

1998....44,260

1999....62,820

2000....31,280

2001....20,720

2002....17,140

2003....15,560

2004....9,880

2005....10,220

2006....19,340

2007....17,900

2008....15,340

2009....39,020

2010....9,000

2011....19,320

2012....12,400

2013....12,940

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

2023....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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