10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 1/2 oz. Canadian Maple Leaves 2012

The half-ounce Maple Leaf silver bullion series occupies an odd position in the RCM's lineup — introduced largely to give buyers a lower entry-point than the full ounce, it never achieved the same secondary-market liquidity as its larger sibling. By 2012, the RCM had also introduced radial line backgrounds as an anti-counterfeiting measure across the Maple Leaf series, a direct response to the proliferation of Chinese-produced fakes that had been flooding North American bullion markets in the preceding years.