50 Dollars In the name of Elizabeth II, GML fractional set, 1 oz

The "GML" designation refers to the Royal Canadian Mint's Fine Gold Maple Leaf series, which introduced the laser-engraved micro-security mark — a tiny maple leaf privy with the last two digits of the year — in 2013 as a direct response to a sophisticated counterfeiting operation that had flooded the market with tungsten-core fakes. That incident prompted one of the most substantial anti-counterfeiting overhauls in the Mint's modern history.

This piece was struck during the final year of Elizabeth II coinage at the RCM following her death in September 2022, making 2023-dated issues among the last to carry her effigy under the long-running Susanna Blunt portrait authorized in 2003.