About the Maple Leaf Privy Mark Leaning Tower of Pisa 2012

Maple Leaf Privy Mark Leaning Tower of Pisa 2012 Commemorative Coin

The Maple Leaf Privy Mark Leaning Tower of Pisa 2012, as the name tells, is a silver bullion coin that was issued by the Canadian Royal Mint in 2012 as a commemorative coin. What better way for the Canadian government to commemorate 25 years since the Leaning Tower of Pisa was included on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites List than through their internationally famous Canadian Maple Leaf silver bullion coin?

The Maple Leaf Privy Mark series started in 1998 when the 90th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mint was commemorated. Since then, privy mark silver coins were issued every year and in 2012 was issued the Maple Leaf Privy Mark Leaning Tower of Pisa 2012. In this same year will also be minted other three coin with the following privy marks: F15, Titanic, and Dragon.

The Maple Leaf Privy Mark Leaning Tower of Pisa 2012 has a weight of 1oz (one troy ounce) or 31.10 grams and a purity of 99.99% silver, 9999/1000 fineness. It has a diameter of 38 mm and a 3.25 mm thickness.

Maple Leaf Privy Mark Leaning Tower of Pisa 2012 Design

The obverse of the Maple Leaf Privy Mark Leaning Tower of Pisa 2012 is a depiction realized by Susanna Blunt in 2009 featuring an older portrait of Elizabeth II facing right. The inscriptions are ELIZABETH II, 5 DOLLARS denomination as legal tender, and the issuing year 2012.

The reverse of the Maple Leaf Privy Mark Leaning Tower of Pisa 2012 depicts an engraver of the famous maple leaf that has sold millions of silver and gold coins. It was a depiction designed by Dora de Pedery-Hunt. Also at the base of the maple leaf, in the left side, is illustrated the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Inscriptions present on this side of the Maple Leaf Privy Mark Leaning Tower of Pisa 2012 are: CANADA, 9999 FINE SILVER 1 OZ ARGENT PUR 9999.

Maple Leaf Privy Mark Leaning Tower of Pisa 2012 Low Mintage

The Royal Canadian Mint set a limited issuing number regarding the Maple Leaf Privy Mark Leaning Tower of Pisa 2012 coins. There were issued only 50,000 silver bullion coins bearing the privy mark Leaning Tower of Pisa. The coins have precisely been minted for the European market of precious metals investment and are available in Brilliant Uncirculated condition directly on our website.

The beauty of these coins, their limited number, their fame brought by the Canadian Maple Leaf, the reputation of the mint that issued them, plus their perfect bullion characteristics should influence investors and collectors to acquire the Maple Leaf Privy Mark Leaning Tower of Pisa 2012 silver bullion coins.

Although it is a modern bullion silver coin issued in 2012, the value of the Maple Leaf Privy Mark Leaning Tower of Pisa 2012 will soon start to increase because it is so demanded among collectors and investors.

Our website is the only one that has been directly supplied by the Royal Canadian Mint with the Maple Leaf Privy Mark Leaning Tower of Pisa 2012 silver coins therefore we await all interested parties that desire to make an investment into this asset.