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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Fractional Silver Maple Leaf
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Thickness | 3.15 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A bold, high-relief rendering of three sugar maple leaves (Acer saccharum) joined at their stems, centrally positioned within the coin's field, executed in the classic Maple Leaf bullion coin tradition. The primary leaf dominates the composition with deeply struck veining and naturalistic detail, flanked symmetrically by two smaller leaves below. The purity designation '9999 9999' appears in the left and right fields beside the central stem junction. The bilingual legend 'FINE SILVER 1 OZ ARGENT PUR' arcs along the lower rim, and 'CANADA' is inscribed in bold lettering along the upper rim. The engraver's initials 'AN' appear discretely in the lower right field. |
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The .9999 fineness here is worth noting — the Royal Canadian Mint pioneered four-nines silver as a commercial standard for bullion coins, a purity level that most sovereign mints still do not match. The 2013 issue falls within the period when the RCM was aggressively expanding its fractional Maple Leaf program, partly in response to growing retail demand for smaller-denomination silver entry points following the 2008 financial crisis.
Despite the "5 Dollars" face value, these trade exclusively on spot silver. The fractional designation in this context refers to its place within multi-coin sets rather than a reduced weight.