2024 1/4 oz Gold Maple Leaf (Sealed)

The iconic beauty and high purity of these beloved Gold coins now have an added security with a radial line background, not seen on bullion products outside of the Canadian Maple Leaf series. Add 1/4 oz Gold Maple Leaf coins to your cart today!

The 1/4 oz Gold Maple Leaf features a new form of security through the Royal Canadian Mint’s Bullion DNA program. The Bullion DNA program offers the highest security on the market for any bullion coin. Each bullion coin features a textured maple leaf security privy mark, micro-engraved with laser technology and is visible only under magnification. Etched within the maple leaf security mark are the two digits indicating the coin’s production year. Each micro-engraving is encoded, scanned and recorded at the mint for future authentication giving each coin their unique Bullion DNA.

Bullion DNA authenticates coins by scanning them with a Mint’s proprietary Bullion DNA reader verifying that the micro-engraved security mark is a match to the Royal Canadian Mint’s secure database. This process provides each Gold Maple Leaf coin with the highest security for any coin in the marketplace. The Royal Canadian Mint’s unique Bullion DNA program authenticates Gold Maple Leaf coins dated 2014 and later. First National Bullion is a recognized Bullion DNA dealer for trusted RCM products.

Sovereign coins, like the 1/4 oz Gold Maple Leaf, as well as other famous coins such as Mexican Libertads, South African Krugerrands, and Austrian Philharmonics, are minted and guaranteed by their issuing government. The Canadian Maple Leaf coin, like every sovereign bullion coin, bears a nominal face value that is largely symbolic. The intrinsic value of the Gold in these coins vastly outstrips their face value. For example, the Gold Maple Leaf coin has a face value of 10 CAD, should someone attempt to use it as circulating currency, but Canada has not actually used Gold coins in general circulation since 1913. At that time, the government pulled Gold coins out of circulation in an attempt to prevent Gold from leaving Canada during World War I. Vintage sovereign Gold coins also have greater Gold value than face value, but they may be most coveted by numismatists, depending on their scarcity and condition.