“Black birds tend to like shiny things.” ~ The Bloody Raven.
Happy Canada Day also known as Dominion Day to my Canadian and Non-Canadian friends here. And a Happy 4th of July to my American friends as well since we’re in the neighborhood. 🍁
This 1989 Edition of the Maple Leaf silver bullion coin celebrates it’s 10th anniversary of gracing Canada’s bullion coins since entering into the investment market.
Under the authorization of the Canadian government, the Royal Canadian mint’s special program issued it’s first 1 Troy oz. gold Maple leaf on September 5, 1979.
The gold Half Troy Oz, enter the bullion market in 1986.
The gold Quarter Troy Oz. and one tenth troy Oz. coins entered the market in 1982 and, the gold one tenth troy Oz. in 1993.
There is a proof 1989 Gold One troy Oz. Maple Leaf also issued alongside this Silver Proof version.
The Silver Bullion coin
The fields on both sides are in a spectacular mirror finish. The frosted cameo finish lends a dramatic contrast and depth of both the Maple Leaf and Queen Elizabeth's effigy. My followers are familiar with my style of coin photography. I often hold a black card above the coin to emphasize the coin subject. Silver looks so much better on a black background.
This post started with this beautiful solid Maple wood clam shell being empty with no coin, which meant the coin was buried in my stack somewhere. Why my Father or even I would remove the coin from it’s original case is a mystery and I had to comb through my many capsuled coins to find it.
It is a Proof quality specimen so I hope I didn’t inadvertently take it out of the capsule and stuffed it into one of the many tubes of Maples during one of those stack reorganization campaigns.
I finally found this proof nestled in a miscellaneous box of other capsuled coins, a bit scratched but tight fitting into the display case. The capsule was considerably smudged with some scratches. I tried to photograph it out of the capsule but the coin was wedged in too tight. I had to photograph the coin inside the capsule and then digitally cleaned up the distracting elements.
This 1989 Silver Maple Leaf is only the second year of the Silver Maple Leaf program. A fine specimen of a coin but at a steep issue price of $70CAD.
Bonus Feature; The 1900 25 Cent 'Shinplaster'.
I'll have to give credit to 
The banknote here is what is commonly referred to as a “Shinplaster” the second issue following the 1870 Issue.
The purpose of these small denomination notes were to alleviate an exchange issue to stem inward flow of depreciated American silver compared to gold at the time of the American civil war. Canadian business and institutions were suffering losses as they accepted the American coin at face value.
The note was part of a three pronged approach to a temporary exchange intervention until prices returned to normal. These notes became popular and persisted in circulation for 65 years.
The term ‘Shinplaster’ was attributed to solders of the Revolutionary War using US fractional notes in their boots to prevent chafing from about 1837 to 1838. The same term just happen to stick onto these Dominion of Canadian notes since 1870.
It's also Hive Power up day!
With recent the low price action of Hive who can pass up a deal here. I've been slowly buying Hive at this point of the Market. So for this Canada Day I will power up another 120 Hive to my current 21,800 Hive Power staked.
I will put the confirmation in the comments.
Happy Canada Day friends!
Even happier when we kick Justin Trudeau out of office, the sooner the better.
Stacking Hive and Precious metals for that dark and stormy night!
The #piratesunday tag is the scurvy scheme of Captain 
And thank you 
References
Photos are my own shot with an ancient 2018 Samsung SM-A530W or otherwise indicated.
P. Image under Pixabay
W. Wiki Commons
☠️🎃 Page Dividers by thekittygirl. ❄️🌞
Cameo Raven Brooch from The Black Wardrobe.
The 2024 Hive 0.999 Silver Round.
The 2013 North American Coin & Prices catalog, 22nd edition by David C. Harper p. 438 and p. 446 - p.447.
The Charlton Canadian Paper Government Paper Money 20th Edition by R.J. Graham 2008, page 121, p. 150 - p. 160.
