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Last Updated on 06/21/2024

1 oz Canadian Platinum 
Maple Leaf Bullion Coin

In 1988, the Royal Canadian Mint issued the first Platinum Maple Leaf bullion coin.

The Mint produced the Platinum Maple Leaf bullion coin from 1988 to 1999, then discontinued the coin' until it was reintroduced in 2009.

The coins have legal tender status in Canada, but as is often the case with precious metal coins, the face value of these coins is only symbolic and does not reflect or come close to their True Value.

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Design of the
1 oz. Canadian Platinum Maple Leaf 
Bullion Coin

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Obverse

The Platinum Maple Leaf bullion coin has the same obverse and reverse designs as the Gold, Silver, and Palladium Maple Leaf coins.

The 2023 Platinum Maple Leaf is the last year of Queen Elizabeth II's effigy on the obverse side.

To commemorate the Queen's reign, the Royal Canadian Mint included the double date of her reign, 1952 ∙∙∙∙ 2022.

The four pearls between the dates symbolize the Queen's four effigies that have graced Canadian Coins since her coronation in 1952.

Note: Only three different effigies of Queen Elizabeth II graced the obverse side of the Maple Leaf bullion coins, as seen here.

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The obverse features the profile of Queen Elizabeth II, designed by Susanna Blunt.

Inscriptions:

• ELIZABETH II
• 50 DOLLARS  (face value)
  
• Year of Issue
  
• 1952
   ∙∙∙∙
  2022  (description above coin photo)
• SB - Susanna Blunt's initials on Queen's shoulder.

Obverse Coin photo courtesy of SD Bullion

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Reverse

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The reverse side of the Canadian Platinum Maple Leaf bullion coin features the National symbol of Canada, the Maple Leaf, designed by Walter Ott.

Inscriptions:

• CANADA
• 9995 (purity)
• FINE PLATINUM
• 1 OZ
• PLATINE PUR  ("Pure Platinum" in French)
  
• micro-engraved maple leaf security mark
  

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 platinum bullion coin is reeded.

Reverse Coin photo courtesy of SD Bullion

Micro-Engraved Maple Leaf
Security Mark

The Royal Canadian Mint's bullion coin security mark is a Micro-Engraved "Maple Leaf" design produced by the Mint's use of laser technology.

In 2013, the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) created the security feature and added it to the 1oz. Canadian Gold Maple Leaf bullion coin's reverse side.

In 2014, the RCM started to add this feature to the reverse side of the 1oz. Canadian Platinum Maple Leaf bullion coin.

Inside the Laser-Engraved maple leaf is a numeral indicating the coin’s "Year of Issue," which is more easily visible under magnification.

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1 oz. Canadian Platinum Maple Leaf
Coin Information:

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Introduction:.........1988

IRA Approved:.......Yes

Grade:...................Uncirculated

Face Value:............$50 CAD

Platinum Content:..1 troy oz.

Total Weight:.........31.10 grams

Purity:...................99.95% / 999.5 per mille

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

Diameter:..............38mm

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

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

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1 oz. Canadian Platinum Maple Leaf  Mintage Figures

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Year     Mintage

1988....26,000

1989....10,000

1990....31,900

1991....31,900

1992....40,500

1993....17,666

1994....36,245

1995....25,819

1996....62,273

1997....25,480

1998....10,403

1999....3,248

2000....0

2001....0

2002....0

2003....0

2004....0

2005....0

2006....0

2007....0

2008....0

2009....33,000

2010....0

2011....5,000

2012....34,650

2013....19,349

2014....13,100

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 Platinum Maple Leaf Bullion Coins since 2014, once those numbers are released they will be recorded.

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