I saw this compilation on the Apmex website, and thought it might interest some of our members; 1997 looks like a winner, if it's accurate: Royal Canadian Mint Silver Maple Leaf Mintage by Year 1988: 1,155,931 1989: 3,332,200 1990: 1,708,800 1991: 644,300 1992: 343,800 1993: 1,133,900 1994: 889,946 1995: 326,244 1996: 250,445 1997: 100,970 1998: 591,359 1999: 1,229,442 2000: 403,652 2001: 398,563 2002: 576,196 2003: 684,750 2004: 680,925 2005: 955,694 2006: 2,464,727 2007: 3,526,052 2008: 7,909,161 2009: 9,727,592 2010: 17,799,992 2011: 23,129,966 2012: 18,132,297 2013: 28,222,061 2014: 29,245,000 2015: data needed 2016: data needed Apparently no shortage of silver in Ottawa, eh?
Interesting, 3 of the Apmex mintages above don't match the book, "Monnaies du Canada, 33e edition (2015)" published by "Unitrade Press." I bought the French edition at the Winnipeg Mint about two years ago. Here are the differences: 1988: 1,062,000 1993: 890,000 1994: 1,134,000 It looks like either Apmex or the book flipped 1993 with 1994. 1988 isn't off by much, but it's definitely more than a rounding error.
============== It occurred to me that the Apmex numbers might be the number of "impressions" in a year, rather than a count of dated coins. For instance, January through November 2005 might have been 955K pieces dated 2005, but in December 2005, anticipating higher demand, they might have started striking 2006 coins, etc. The real takeaway is the massive output of 2013 and 2014, and if that trend continued on through 2015 and 2016. Thanks for your comments.
