The ANA World's Fair of Money is the American Numismatic Association's flagship annual convention, and the Royal Canadian Mint has long used it as a retail venue to move collector-targeted bullion and numismatic issues directly to an American audience. This 2017 piece was struck specifically for that event, sold on-site in Pittsburgh that August.
The .9999 fineness is notable — four-nines silver was not the RCM's standard for maple leaf bullion until a purity upgrade in 2014, and its application to event-specific collector issues reflects the mint's deliberate positioning of these pieces above generic bullion.
The ANA World's Fair of Money is the American Numismatic Association's flagship annual convention, and the Royal Canadian Mint has long used it as a retail venue to move collector-targeted bullion and numismatic issues directly to an American audience. This 2017 piece was struck specifically for that event, sold on-site in Pittsburgh that August.
The .9999 fineness is notable — four-nines silver was not the RCM's standard for maple leaf bullion until a purity upgrade in 2014, and its application to event-specific collector issues reflects the mint's deliberate positioning of these pieces above generic bullion.