Multifaceted maple leaves: A modern take on classic Canadiana.

The leaf of the silver maple (Acer saccharinum) is dramatic and multifaceted: its slender, coarsely toothed lobes and deep notches give it a sharp outline, but get up close and you'll realize that it's also bright green on one side, and silvery-white on the other.

These characters make it easy to identify a silver maple tree, and they are artfully explored on this 10 oz. 99.99% pure silver coin, which uses multifaceted engraving to create a striking effect. Radiating outward from the petiole, the angled lines form peaks and valleys that reflect light in an extraordinary way within each leaf—especially the top one, which is highlighted with rose gold plating that gives it a beautiful blushing hue.

A blushing gleam, a modern aesthetic—a captivating maple celebration.

Good to know

Multifaceted engraving. An innovative approach to minting dimensional art, multifaceted engraving involves the creation of multiple facets that reflect the light in different directions and give shape to key design elements—in this case, three Canadian maple leaves.

Rose gold plating. On your coin’s reverse, the most prominent maple leaf is plated with rose gold for a luxurious colour contrast, which further enhances the gleam of the mirror-like facets.

A mix of frostings. Each of the three maple leaves are set apart by different frostings that not only highlight the individual shapes, they also create depth through the varied levels of brilliance coupled with the coin’s proof finish.

10 oz. of fine silver. Impeccably crafted in 10 oz. of 99.99% pure silver.

A limited collectible. Only 1,200 coins are available to collectors worldwide.

Includes serialized certificate. The Royal Canadian Mint certifies all of its collector coins.

No GST/HST

Did you know?

One of the 10 maple species (genus Acer) that are native to Canada, the silver maple gets its common name from the pale silver-like undersides of its leaves, which seem to shimmer whenever a breeze ruffles the leaves on a sunny day.

Behind closed doors

"I was at my friend’s family’s farm in rural Quebec when I saw a silver maple for the first time. Its silver leaves were sparkling and dancing in the breeze, like a jewel in sunlight. The experience inspired me to capture these qualities and incorporate them into this gem of a coin."

– Michelle Grant, Artist

"The silver maple leaf, with its silvery-white lower surface and central lobe that narrows to the centre of the leaf, is a distinctive feature in lowland forests of southern Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. With flowers that appear in late winter, it is the earliest native species of maple to flower."

– Ken Farr, Dendrologist

"This 10 oz. coin differs from previous multifaceted coins, since those ones used more geometrical forms to give shape to the elements. The outline is unmistakable here, with angled lines that rise and fall within the traditional leaf form—if you look closely, some of those straight lines are wider, and they’re not all equally distanced, which makes it more interesting. The engraving process wasn’t straight-forward, either, since the leaves overlap and we wanted to maximize the relief. I had to be strategic in how I stacked the sculpt: in order to avoid having a huge draft on the edge, and to allow the material to cross over the other two leaves, I gave the top leaf a slightly more sculpted shape before laying down the facets that, combined with the rose gold plating, produces a luminous effect."

– Cecily Mok, 3D Artist-Engraver

"It’s only fitting for this design to be presented on such a large coin—it deserves a lot of attention and will keep calling you back to view it over and over again!"

– Melanie Luis, Product Manager

About the design

Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a Royal Canadian Mint-branded clamshell with a black beauty box.

The reverse design by Canadian artist Michelle Grant features an overlapping arrangement of three silver maple (Acer saccharinum) leaves brought to life by multifaceted engraving, with precisely angled lines rising and falling within each leaf shape, like multiple mirrors working to reflect brilliant light in different directions. The top leaf is further enhanced with rose gold plating, which also adds colour to the rim on both sides of the coin. The obverse features a repeating maple pattern behind the rose-gold plated effigy of His Majesty King Charles III by Canadian artist Steven Rosati.

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