1/20 oz Maple Leaf Gold Coin | 2025

1/20 oz Gold Maple Leaf 2025

The smallest coin in the Maple Leaf range: 1.5551 g of .9999 gold, face value 1 Canadian dollar, dated 2025.

Specifications

The Royal Canadian Mint does not publish a diameter or thickness for the one twentieth ounce coin. Dealer listings quote figures around 14 mm across, but as they are not mint-confirmed they are not stated here as fact.

Three security features

The Royal Canadian Mint builds three anti-counterfeiting measures into the bullion Maple Leaf: precision radial lines machined into both fields, a laser micro-engraved maple leaf carrying the last two digits of the year, and the mint’s Bullion DNA authentication. The micro-engraved leaf appeared in 2013, the radial lines in 2015.

What you are paying for

This is the highest premium per gram in the series, and there is no way around that: the mint’s cost to strike a coin barely falls with its size, so on a twentieth of an ounce that cost is spread very thin. The coin exists for buyers who want the smallest possible unit — a gift, a first purchase, or a holding they can sell in very small steps.

VAT and UK capital gains tax

HMRC treats a coin minted after 1800 as bullion gold if it is at least 900 thousandths fine, is or has been legal tender in its country of origin, and normally sells at no more than 180 per cent of the open market value of its gold (VAT Notice 701/21A). The Maple Leaf is .9999 fine, Canadian legal tender and sold on the gold price, so it meets all three tests.

Capital gains tax is a separate matter. The UK exemption follows sterling legal tender, so it covers Sovereigns and Britannias but not a Canadian coin. This is a statement of the published rule, not tax advice — your own position depends on your circumstances.

Questions buyers ask

How much gold is in it? 1.5551 g, a twentieth of a troy ounce, at .9999 fineness.

Why is no diameter given? The Royal Canadian Mint does not publish one for this size, and we do not print unverified figures.

Is the premium high? Yes, the highest per gram in the Maple Leaf range. That is the cost of buying gold in the smallest available unit.

Does it come in a capsule? Yes. Four nines gold is soft and marks easily, so every coin is dispatched in a protective capsule.

Authenticity checked at GoldInvest24 before dispatch. Other sizes are on the Maple Leaf gold coins page. Live quotes on the precious metals prices page.