Quarter ounce Canadian Gold Maple Leaf Coins are a great way to own smaller fractional gold coins that are both easy to trade and guaranteed by the Canadian government. Benefits of 1/4 oz Gold Maple leaf Coins include:
Quarter ounce Canadian Gold Maple Leaf Coin values are based on the world’s fluctuating gold spot price.
When physical gold bullion coin supplies cannot properly meet bullion investor demand, the premiums or prices per 1/4 ounce Gold Maple Leaf Coin can dramatically rise over the gold spot price (e.g. fall of 2008 gold coin shortage).
These official Canadian 24k fractional 1/4 oz gold coins also have low legal tender face values (compared to their precious metal market price). This helps assure these fine .9999 gold coins will not actively compete with Canada’s current fiat currency, the Canadian dollar.
In terms of overall sales volumes, 1/4 oz Canadian Gold Maple Leaf coins are some of the most popular quarter ounce 24k gold coins currently minted by a government. These official 1/4 oz Canadian gold coins also demand some of the gold bullion industry’s highest gold buy prices (the price gold dealers are bidding or buying these 1/4 oz gold coins back at from investors).
In general, gold dealers like Kitco Metals pay a price above the fluctuating gold spot price when buying 1/4 oz Canadian Gold Maple Leaf coins back from individual investors.
Canadian Maple Leaf 1/4 oz gold coins demand some of the highest gold selling prices amongst other competing fractional government gold coins (e.g. fractional South African Gold Krugerrand coins).
In summation, a quarter oz Canadian Gold Maple Leaf coin’s price will usually be both slightly higher when (1) buying and (2) selling them than compared to other less popular fractional gold coins or gold bullion bars.
The quarter oz Canadian Gold Maple Leaf coin’s front features the familiar right-profile portrait of Queen ELIZABETH II. Her Majesty’s effigy is accompanied by explicit engravings of her name, the year of coin mintage, and the $10 CAD legal tender face value of this .9999 fine 1/4 oz gold coin.
The backside of a 1/4 oz Gold Canadian Maple Leaf coin features the iconic Canadian Maple Leaf as well as an explicit stamping of ‘9999 FINE GOLD 1/4 OZ OR PUR 9999’ (English / French respectively).
Safe shipment of fractional 1/4 oz gold bullion coins and gold bullion bars in the mail is more common than you might think. The majority of our customers take fully insured, physical gold delivery to their door or preferred mailing addresses.
Upon fully cleared payment of your order with Kitco Metals, your gold bullion coins or bullion bars are secured tightly in nondescript packaging. All parcels are shipped with full insurance, postal tracking, and adult signature requirements.
Since around the year 2000, there has been an increase in gold prices and record numbers of gold coins being sold to the investing public.
Since the financial crisis of 2008, the trend of online gold dealers selling gold coins and bullion bars to the investing public has dramatically increased as well.
It has become quite common for investors to buy small fractional gold coins online in order to better diversify risks to their investment portfolios.