The Royal Canadian Mint’s Gold Maple Leaf coins are among the world’s most popular pure gold coins, with more than 25 million troy ounces sold since their introduction in 1979. The GML was also the first bullion coin to achieve the heightened standard of 9999 purity. All 1-ounce 99.99% pure GML bullion coins dated 2025 will have three unique features for enhanced security—radial lines, a micro-engraved maple leaf and Bullion DNA Anti-Counterfeiting Technology. Bullion DNA Anti-Counterfeiting Technology is an industry first that goes above and beyond coin authentication like no other. Every die used to produce GML coins is laser micro-engraved with an anti-counterfeiting security mark. The registration process—digital non-destructive activation (DNA) technology—captures images encrypted with an algorithm signature, and stores these in our secure database. This proprietary Bullion DNA technology facilitates the authentication of Gold Maple Leaf coins dated 2014 and later. (GMC1)