The Royal Canadian Mint’s Polar Bear gold coins put a genuinely Canadian subject on a fractional format that suits smaller budgets. Each coin holds a tenth of a troy ounce of 9999 fine gold, the highest purity the Mint issues, in brilliant uncirculated condition. The low entry cost makes these practical for stackers accumulating gold gradually, while the rotating designs give collectors a reason to buy more than one.
Key Features:
- Purity and Weight: 1/10 troy ounce of 9999 fine gold
- Metal: Gold, struck by the Royal Canadian Mint
- Design: Polar bear in its Arctic habitat, with the design varying by year of issue
- Inscriptions: CANADA, the year of issue, 9999, and FINE GOLD 1/10 OZ OR PUR
Designs change across the series, and coins ship as random year unless otherwise noted. Recent releases include a full-grown bear striding across open ice, its head lowered and coat rendered in fine textured lines against a flat frozen plain with a low horizon behind it. A separate release shows a mother bear seated with two cubs against a radiating sunburst field, one cub standing at her side and the other pressed close, with a small paw print placed in the field beside them. Another design places a bear on rocky tundra, head raised and one forepaw lifted, with layered hills receding into the distance and the ground broken into individually struck stones.
Common elements run across the series. CANADA and the year of issue arc along the top rim, FINE GOLD 1/10 OZ OR PUR wraps the lower rim, and 9999 sits in the field beside the animal. A radial line pattern runs around the outer edge on the newer strikes, a Royal Canadian Mint security feature that produces a light-diffracting effect as the coin turns.
Coins are struck to brilliant uncirculated standard and ship in a protective capsule or flip. The reverse carries the standard Canadian effigy for the year of issue. Design and date are selected at random based on available inventory.
Sovereign-mint gold at the highest purity available, in a size small enough to buy often. Add the Canadian Polar Bear gold coin to your cart today.