31.11 g minimum guaranteed weight / 1 troy oz fine silver
Diameter
38 mm
Thickness
about 3 mm (secondary catalogue value)
Edge
Serrated / reeded
Alignment
Medal alignment (secondary catalogue)
Finish
Radial lines
03 · Design & Security
Copyright-safe build: no third-party coin photograph is embedded. Add a user-owned or independently licensed obverse/reverse image later.
Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II effigy by Susanna Blunt. The denomination and year appear with the royal portrait.
Reverse: Walter Ott's iconic sugar maple leaf design, with “CANADA”, “9999 9999”, and “FINE SILVER 1 OZ ARGENT PUR”.
Security features present for 2018
Precision radial lines
Micro-engraved maple-leaf security mark with year digits
BULLION DNA™ authentication support
MINTSHIELD™ surface protection
2018 is the first year in this set with MINTSHIELD™ surface protection in addition to the established security features.
04 · Issue & Mintage
Issue year
2018
Regular bullion reported figure
11,800,000
Mintage interpretation
Secondary catalogues report 11,800,000 pieces for this regular bullion year. The Royal Canadian Mint describes standard SML bullion as having no fixed mintage unless otherwise stated, so this figure is treated here as a reported production/catalog figure rather than a pre-announced edition limit.
Excluded from this record
Privy-mark issues, incuse/double-incuse issues, gilded issues, W specimen issues, proof/reverse-proof collector variants, and other special SML products.
05 · Data Provenance
This record separates issuing-authority facts from catalogue-derived fields. Primary Royal Canadian Mint sources take precedence when a conflict exists.