Daily Archives: October 4, 2023

Re-creating a classic: The 1947 Maple Leaf five-cent coin. Add this 2023 Canada 5-Cent Silver 1947 Maple Leaf Mark coin to your cart today! Contains 2 oz of. Limited mintage of only 5,500 coins. Encapsulated and presented in a Royal Canadian Mint-branded clamshell with a black beauty box. Obverse: The obverse features an updated year of issue (“2023″) and Thomas Humphrey Paget’s effigy of King George VI with the outmoded legend “GEORGIVS VI D:G:REX ET IND:IMP:” (“George VI, by the grace of God, King and Emperor of India”). Reverse: Your coin is a faithful re-creation of the 1947 Maple Leaf five-cent circulation coin, but on a larger scale and with selective gold plating. Framed by a raised rim that mimics the original coin’s 12-sided shape, George Edward Kruger Gray’s iconic beaver design appears on the reverse, where a small maple leaf placed next to the year “1947″ indicates the coin was originally struck in 1948 using outdated dies. Guaranteed by the Royal Canadian Mint.