1987 Silver Maple Leaf AMC Silver Round

MintAmerican Medallion Corporation AMC (Houston TX)

IssuerAmerican Medallion Corporation AMC (Houston TX)

DistributorRobert E. Westfall Inc

A single maple leaf with veined detail fills the field. "SILVER MAPLE LEAF" arcs above, "AMC" is struck as a small monogram at lower right of the leaf stem, and "1987" appears at the bottom.

A young profile portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Royal Diamond Diadem, matching the effigy historically used on Royal Canadian Mint coinage. The legend "MADE IN U.S.A. ONE TROY OUNCE .999 FINE SILVER" arcs around the rim.

1987 Silver Maple Leaf AMC Silver Round Overview

The 1987 Silver Maple Leaf AMC Silver Round is one of American Medallion Corporation’s bullion-themed issues, part of a line collectors and dealers refer to as AMC’s “Silvers ‘Round the World” series — a run of 1 troy ounce .999 fine silver rounds built around well-known national bullion imagery, including the Chinese Panda and the Australian Koala alongside this Canadian maple leaf subject. Unlike those other entries, this one is notable for predating its real-world counterpart: the Royal Canadian Mint’s own Silver Maple Leaf wasn’t issued until 1988, a year after this round’s 1987 strike date.

The obverse carries a single, heavily veined maple leaf filling the field, with “SILVER MAPLE LEAF” arcing above and the date “1987” struck at the bottom. A small “AMC” monogram sits to the lower right of the leaf stem — this struck mark is what confirms manufacture by [American Medallion Corporation (AMC)] under the site’s evidentiary standard. The reverse pairs this with a young profile portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Royal Diamond Diadem, the same effigy historically used on Royal Canadian Mint coinage of the era, with the legend “MADE IN U.S.A. ONE TROY OUNCE .999 FINE SILVER” arcing around the rim.

1987 Silver Maple Leaf AMC Silver Round Attribution

The struck “AMC” monogram on the obverse satisfies this site’s mint mark standard on its own, so Manufacturer/Mint = American Medallion Corporation is confirmed rather than attributed. Because the round carries a struck date (“1987”), the undated-round dating logic (Section 7) does not apply here — the Year field is taken directly from the coin.

No period AMC sales literature, catalog, or advertisement naming this specific pairing has been located, so Issuer and Distributor beyond AMC itself remain unconfirmed. Designer/engraver credit is likewise unattributed; no signature, initials, or documentation beyond “AMC” appear on either die.

Notably, this round’s 1987 strike date predates the Royal Canadian Mint’s own Silver Maple Leaf, which was not issued until 1988. AMC’s design was therefore not a reproduction of an already-established bullion coin at the time of striking — it either anticipated the RCM’s release or arrived at the same maple-leaf-and-monarch concept independently, a year ahead of the coin it superficially resembles.

1987 Silver Maple Leaf AMC Silver Round Alternate Reverse

AMC struck this same maple-leaf obverse die paired with at least one other reverse: a Great Seal–style eagle design (eagle grasping an olive branch and arrows, banner in beak, “MADE IN U.S.A.” arching above, with “.999” and “1 TROY OUNCE • FINE SILVER” beneath), rather than the QEII portrait documented in this entry. This eagle-reverse pairing is documented through a dealer listing (Silver ‘Round the World / agroundworld.com) rather than through primary AMC sales literature, so it should be treated as a research lead pending further documentation, not a confirmed AMC release structure.

This entry covers the QEII-reverse pairing (the example examined here). The eagle-reverse pairing has not yet been catalogued as its own Texas Stacker entry — when it is, it should get its own title, slug, and ACF table per Section 8, using a design-based distinguishing term (e.g., “QEII Reverse” vs. “Eagle Reverse”) rather than any attribution-status-based title, and should link back to this entry as its sibling.

1987 Silver Maple Leaf AMC Silver Round Notes

• See Alternate Reverse above — a second AMC pairing of this same maple-leaf obverse die with a Great Seal–style eagle reverse is documented via dealer listing, not yet catalogued as its own entry.
• Nominal weight (1 troy oz) and fineness (.999) are taken from the struck legend; Diameter and Thickness below are placeholders pending caliper measurement of the physical example.
• A comparable dealer listing for the eagle-reverse variant lists 39.0 mm diameter, 2.80 mm thickness, and a reeded edge — useful as a cross-reference once this entry’s own example is measured, but not substituted for direct measurement here.

1987 Silver Maple Leaf AMC Silver Round References

• Numista — “1 Ounce, Silver Maple Leaf (AMC), United States” — https://en.numista.com/356524
• Silver ‘Round the World (agroundworld.com) — “1987 1 Oz AMC Silver Maple Leaf Eagle Round” — https://www.agroundworld.com/1987-1-oz-amc-silver-maple-leaf-eagle-silver-round-1587.html
• Documented example examined (this entry)
• Texas Stacker Archives

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