This attractive horse coin marks the arrival of the first $100 for $100 coin of two to be released by the Royal Canadian Mint in 2015. Following on from the highly successful $20 for $20 range, one since emulated by others like the Royal Mint, the $100 range kicked off with a Bison and a Grizzly coin in 2013, followed on in 2014 by a Bald Eagle and a Bighorn Sheep.

This galloping horse design by RCM regular artist Claudio D’Angelo is superbly done, and a little reminiscent of the recent half-kilo coin the mint released.

Not much more to be said. It follows the specification of previous entrants, although sticks with the recently lowered 45,000 mintage (from 50,000), comes nicely boxed and is available to US and Canadian buyers only at a limit of 3 per household. If you live elsewhere they’re not the hardest coin to pick up though, especially in Europe. A subscription is available to guarantee your second coin.

There’s a little update on the Silver Maple Leaf coins at the end of the article.

SPECIFICATION
DENOMINATION $100 CANADIAN
COMPOSITION 0.9999 SILVER
WEIGHT 31.83 g
SIZE 40.0 mm
FINISH MATTE PROOF
MINTAGE 45,000
ARTIST CLAUDIO D’ANGELO / SUSANNA BLUNT
BOX / COA YES / YES

SILVER MAPLE LEAF VARIANTS

2015 GOAT PRIVY MAPLE

With the annual Silver Maple Leaf (SML) being a copy of the previous years, it falls to the privy-mark versions to offer any kind of interest to the semi-numismatic collectors market.

A privy mark is akin to a small brand struck onto the coin surface and rarely exceeds more than 5mm or so in size. The SML has a long history of them and the last one to be released was this one with the annual lunar privy mark, in this case the sheep.

Available from most SML bullion dealers, they make a nice change, although you do lose the radial lines that enhanced the basic design and there’s usually a small premium for them.

2015 SUPERLEAF 1.5oz

Appearing on the market recently, a new 1.5 ounce SML dubbed the ‘Superleaf’ is creating some interest and for good reason. In contrast to the standard coin, this one sports new reverse-side artwork and continues with the new radial line design of the standard SML. The diameter remains the same as a normal 1oz coin, but is obviously thicker to account for the 50% increase in weight.

The design is a copy of that used on the famous ‘Million Dollar Maple Leaf’, a gold coin produced by the mint in 2007 with a $1m face-value and struck in 100kg of pure gold.

A nice alternative and the best of the variants in our opinion, but the premium is on the higher side.

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