The Canadian silver coins were based on the US gold market and started in production around 1858. The first Canadian coins made of silver were in the following denominations, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cent pieces. Canada continued to use silver coins until 1968 four years after the US stopped minting in silver. In 1911, they ran an experimental batch of silver dollars, which didn’t receive good public reviews, so the Canadian mint didn’t make another silver dollar until 1935.

One of the most beautiful and highly collected Canadian coins is the five dollar silver maple leaf coin. These coins debuted in 1988 and have been a hit ever since. They are made of one troy ounce .999% fine silver. The currently selling price on the market is about 13.50 US.

One of Canada’s rarest silver coins is the limited edition 1911 silver dollar  because these coins where experimental very few where minted and a good percentage of them where melted when silver prices soared, so only a few of these have survived and are said to be worth a million in Canadian dollars. One other sought after Canadian coin is the 1921Geroge V 50 cents. One recently sold at auction for 74,750.00 US on Jan 3 2009.

In  2007 the Canadian mint introduce the largest coin ever minted, the million dollar coin. This coin weights 3215 troy oz or 100 kg or 220.46 lbs and is made of .99999% pure gold it is said to be the size of a large pizza. Only one was supposed to be made however due to its uniqueness several buyers have  made offers to own one of these coins, to date 5 are known to exist. This coin has also been entered into the Guinness world book of records certified as the world’s largest coin ever minted !

Canadian silver dollars are still very popular in today's coin prices market.