Buying Gold And Silver Maple Leaf Coins

Colonial Acres is a good site and is in Ontario.

Your best option will be dealer like GateWest Coins or Colonial Acres.

Wilson absolutely correct.
In addition, even initially not them all in perfect condition. No packaging, btw, might be sealed if via the bank.

You have a choice:
1. buy some bullion SMLs/GMLs, close them in air-tite capsule and keep it as bullion collection, knowing that probably some time you will observe the white spots.
2. Buy "Premium Edition" /"Bullion Replica" - they issued by RCM in Reverse Proof / Proof Finish, relatively limited mintage, full RCM packaging. But priced CAD 79-89 (Silver)

Oh...I'm in New Brunswick by the way.

It's highly unlikely that the typical bank branch has a stash of gold in silver on hand. In my experience it's special ordered and takes a week or two to arrive but that may not be the case in larger centres . If you're planning on collecting gold or silver purely for the bullion price, then bars (or wafers) are usually cheaper than coins. But your best bet on how the orders are transacted would be to speak to someone at your bank (or other local banks) to get meaningful information.

Some banks also have online bullion services. For example:
https://www.cibc.com/ca/investing/p...chasing.html

I tried buying from scotia, and you need to call ahead to make an appointment, for me being in Vancouver, anything after 2pm I was SOL (Stuck out of luck) because they have to call back east to get the current rate. And they did not have any on hand, you needed to order.

just a bad experience overall, and a total act of futility.

try searching locally, I know there are a few local bullion dealers in the metro van area, so maybe there are some near you? have you asked at your LCS (if you have one)

Good advice Silveroid! And to 20For20, the decision of WHY you want to buy whatever is important so that it satisfies WHAT your purchase. For example if you want to buy eye-appealing coins, you will be paying a premium above the value of the actual silver content. Eventually when you go to sell it you then have 2 variables to consider - current silver prices and market demand of the actual coin. If you're solely interested in the possible future capital application of bullion prices, purchasing actual silver is more expensive than other instruments such as silver certificates, precious metal mutual funds, or bullion or mining stocks whereby you do not hold the actual bullion but the value of your investment fluctuates in accordance to it. Regardless, I think that most of us here would strongly advise that you must consider any expenditure related to precious metals a very longterm savings plan in order to offer any chance of future capital appreciation, otherwise if you need to get your money out quickly because your own financial situation requires it, there's a high likelihood you could be on the losing end.

Thanks for clarifying, 20for20

In my view, the best from the design / quality / price perspective would be:

2011 - current Maple Leaf (Forever) series, with it best points:
attractive annually changing design of Maple Leaf
1/2 oz .9999 silver
Specimen finish (like on pre-radial SML)
full RCM package (capsule, COA, maroon case)
price: possible to get for $25 - $35 per coin.

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