INDEXMelt value
$3,880
1 troy oz at $3,879.76 per oz gold spot
Typical asking premium over melt
$0.59 under melt
Median ask of 16 sellers; asking prices, not sales
The Gold Maple Leaf 1 oz contains 1 troy ounce of fine gold. At $3,879.76 per ounce (spot as of October 31, 2026), its melt value is $3,880. Over the 90 days to October 27, 2026, 16 distinct sellers asked a median of $0.59 under melt for it. These are asking prices, not completed sales.
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Recent asks (12 of 16)
These are asking prices, not completed sales. Each premium is measured against the spot price on the day it was posted. Asks differ from one another by $21.97 (median absolute deviation): a spread, not a range to price within.
| Posted | Ask per item | Over melt | Spot that day | Subreddit | Item | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 25, 2026 | $3,996.90 | $0.00 over melt | $3,996.90 | r/Pmsforsale | 1 oz Gold Maple Leaf (scruffy) (4 listed) | post |
| October 11, 2026 | $4,195.00 | $0.27 over melt | $4,194.73 | r/Pmsforsale | 2022 Canadian Gold Maple Leaf 1oz | post |
| October 3, 2026 | $4,141.00 | $1.17 under melt | $4,142.17 | r/Pmsforsale | 2015 1 ozt Canadian Gold Maple Leaf | post |
| September 30, 2026 | $4,125.00 | $28.40 under melt | $4,153.40 | r/Pmsforsale | 1990 Canadian Gold Maple Leaf | post |
| September 27, 2026 | $4,286.00 | $0.61 over melt | $4,285.39 | r/Pmsforsale | 1980 1 oz Canadian Gold Maple Leaf | post |
| September 20, 2026 | $4,400.00 | $21.83 over melt | $4,378.17 | r/Pmsforsale | 1 oz Canadian Maple Leaf | post |
| September 16, 2026 | $4,200.00 | $66.19 under melt | $4,266.19 | r/Pmsforsale | 1980 Canadian 1 oz Maple Leaf | post |
| September 14, 2026 | $4,271.55 | $42.63 under melt | $4,314.18 | r/Pmsforsale | 2013 1 oz Gold Canadian Maple Leaf | post |
| August 24, 2026 | $4,600.00 | $61.00 under melt | $4,661.00 | r/Pmsforsale | 1982 1oz Gold Maple Leaf | post |
| August 15, 2026 | $4,400.00 | $24.98 over melt | $4,375.02 | r/CoinSales | 1980 1 oz Gold Maple Leaf | post |
| August 14, 2026 | $4,400.00 | $20.95 over melt | $4,379.05 | r/CoinSales | 1oz Gold Maple Leaf (2 listed) | post |
| August 4, 2026 | $4,050.00 | $9.23 under melt | $4,059.23 | r/Pmsforsale | 1985 1oz Gold Maple Leaf | post |
Item names are an automated extraction from each post, not the seller's own words.
Specifications
- Legal tender in
- Canada
- Face value
- 50 Canadian dollars
- Fineness
- .9999
- Fine gold content
- 1 troy oz
- First issued
- 1979
- Coindex id
GML
Coins dated 1979 to 1982 are .999 fine.
History
The Royal Canadian Mint opened in Ottawa on 2 January 1908 as a branch of Britain's Royal Mint. Until then, Canada's coins had been struck in England, mostly at the Royal Mint in London. Its gold refinery opened in 1911, and on 1 December 1931 an Act of Parliament made it a Canadian institution, a branch of the Department of Finance.
Since 1 April 1969, under the Royal Canadian Mint Act, it has been a Crown corporation reporting to Parliament through the Minister of Finance. The Gold Maple Leaf was introduced in 1979 as an investment coin, and by 1982 the refinery had reached 99.99% purity in commercial gold processing. The Silver Maple Leaf followed in 1988, containing one troy ounce of 99.99% fine silver with a five-dollar face value.
Further reading
- The Canadian Encyclopedia: Royal Canadian Mintthecanadianencyclopedia.ca
- Royal Canadian Mint: Info Source (background)mint.ca
- Royal Canadian Mint: 2008 Annual Report, Making history 1908-2008mint.ca
- Royal Canadian Mint: Silver Maple Leaf 1 oz bullion coinmint.ca
Compiled by Coindex from the sources above. It is not a statement by the mint.
Sources: specifications from the Coindex catalog, spot from Coindex's precious-metals feed, and asking prices from r/Pmsforsale and r/CoinSales posts matched to this exact product. Coindex does not sell bullion and is not a dealer.