The 2025 Canadian Silver Maple Leaf continues the Royal Canadian Mint’s flagship bullion series, struck annually since 1988 and prized for the .9999 fine purity that set the standard for sovereign silver. Each coin contains 1 troy ounce of pure silver, carries a $5 CAD face value, and arrives in Brilliant Uncirculated condition from the current year’s production.
Key Features:
- Contains 1 troy ounce of .9999 fine silver
- Official Canadian legal tender with a $5 face value
- Obverse: Steven Rosati’s effigy of King Charles III with the 2025 date
- Reverse: the iconic sugar maple leaf with advanced security features
The reverse carries the design that made the series famous: a single sugar maple leaf filling the field, its veins, lobes, and serrated edges struck in sharp, textured relief. CANADA spans the top, FINE SILVER 1 OZ ARGENT PUR wraps the lower rim in both official languages, and 9999 flanks the leaf on either side. Precision-machined radial lines radiate from the center across both faces, producing the light-diffracting sheen unique to modern Maples, and a micro-engraved maple privy below the main leaf holds the numerals 25, visible under magnification, as a laser-etched security mark for the year.
The obverse features Steven Rosati’s left-facing portrait of King Charles III, the effigy adopted for Canadian coinage in 2023. CHARLES III arcs across the top of the design, with 5 DOLLARS and 2025 completing the legends along the bottom rim. The same radial-line field frames the portrait.
Each coin measures 38 mm across with a reeded edge and is IRA-eligible thanks to its four-nines purity. Coins ship in Brilliant Uncirculated condition and may arrive loose, in flips, or in original Royal Canadian Mint tubes of 25 depending on quantity ordered.
Few silver coins match the Maple Leaf’s blend of purity, security engineering, and worldwide liquidity, and current-year issues carry the freshest strikes in the series. Order your 2025 1 oz Silver Maple Leaf from Hero Bullion today and add Canada’s definitive silver coin to your stack.