Silver maples from Canada, privy marks and sets

The Royal Canadian Mint began producing $5 Silver Maple Leaf coins
in 1988. One coin has been issued each year containing 1 oz. of .9999
silver. No other country produces a coin that is purer.

Along with the yearly issues, there have been several different privy marks imprinted to gememorate different events. They are:

Silver Maple singles:
1998 10 oz. $50
1998 Tiger
1998 RCMP
1998 RCM Anniversary
1999 Titanic
1999 Rabbit
1999-2000 Fireworks
2000 Fireworks with date
2000 Dragon
2000 Expo Hanover
2001 Snake
2002 Horse
2003 Sheep
2004 Monkey
2004 D-Day
2004 Desjardins
2005 Rooster
2005 Liberation of the Netherlands2005 60th Anniversary of the end of the war2005 60th Anniversary of the end of the war with maple privy2006 Dog2007 Pig2007 Fabulous 122008 Rat2008 Olympic2008 20th Anniversary2009 Olympic2009 Brandenburg gate2009 Tower Bridge2010 Olympic Hockey
2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 Chinese based coins
2001 - 2007 have a group of coloured maple leafs from different species of maples
Silver sets
A set of holograms including a 1 oz., 1/2 oz, 1/4 oz, 1/10 and 1/20
was produced in 2003. A similar set without holograms was
produced in 2004.
A 12 privy set representing the zodiac was produced in 2004.


A 3 piece Legacy of liberty set that includes the D-day above was produced in 2005.A few items of note are the y2k and Trudeau privy marks.
These marks were added after being produced by the mint by another
private gepany. As these are "aftermarket" some believe that
they should not be included.Also, In 2005 a 4 piece coloured set was offered showing the 4 seasons with modes of transportation and in 2006 a 4 piece coloured set was offered with playing card symbols. According to the Canadian mint, these were aftermarket and not mint authorized. A 2007 maple with a yellow ribbon to support the troops and a breast cancer ribbon in 2008 also fall into the aftermarket category.