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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 7839281, member: 73983&quot;]Ok.&nbsp; The AGE is 22KT Gold and weighs more than a Troy Ounce.&nbsp; The weight difference is enough to ensure that there is 1 Troy Ounce of &quot;Pure&quot; gold along with the balance of silver and copper.&nbsp; The Gold Maple Leaf is 24KT and weighs 1 Troy Ounce.&nbsp; The visual difference between the two is because the AGE is NOT .999 Fine, it is .9167 Fine and has a higher percentage of copper and silver, almost 9%.&nbsp; So your comparing Apples to Potatoes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guarantee you could not see a visual difference between a coin struck on a .999 fine planchet and the same exact design struck on a .9999 fine planchet.&nbsp; There is not enough of an alloy difference between .999 and .9999 to make a visual difference. We are talking about a 1/100th of a percent difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mirrors you refer to on the Canadian Maple leaf are due to the design and finish of the dies and not the planchet it is struck on.&nbsp; Look at the difference in the reflectivity of a Proof Gold Buffalo and a Bullion Gold Buffalo.&nbsp; They both are struck on .9999 fine planchets, it&#039;s just that the finish of the dies are dramatically different.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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