The maple leaf defines the standard for 9999 bullion coins.

The Maple leaf is one the oldest "four nines" gold coins in the market meaning it comes with a 99.99% gold purity. The maple leaf gold coin was the very first gold coin I bought 20 years ago. Starting in 2007, the Royal Canadian Mint has introduced the "five nines" version of that coin which happens to be my favorite coin. However, the new 2015 Maple leaf with the added security features is in my opinion a very attractive design showing once again the technical leadership of the RCM. There is only one other coin on the market which could possibly rival the maple leaf and that is the Kangaroo coin issued by the Perth mint. Both coins share one common characteristics: They depict symbols of nature instead of political symbols. I happen to like that a lot. These two coins (the maple and the kangaroo) are the best buys on the market in terms of quality and low premium over spot. Thanks to the highly competitive bullion dealers on Ebay one can buy these coins occasionaly for much less than 3% over spot. My advice is: Watch the prices and keep your emotions calm! (There will always be good deals).Read full review