A leather holder once used to house all five 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent coins sold for more than $10,000 at auction.

Also this week, a recent Scotsman sale yielded some impressive Morgan dollars.

26-year-old Olympic gold medalist Kianoush Rostami is auctioning his gold medal to help relief efforts in Iran. He won his medal at the 2016 Rio games.

The U.S. Mint will close out a number pf product lines at the end of 2017, but is offering customer a “last chance” to buy the coins, medals and sets.

Also this week, we delve into some background of the blue security thread that appears in Series 2009 and later $100 notes.

Also this week, two members of Congress applied pressure on the U.S. Mint and Secret Service to combat counterfeiters.

Bitcoin value has soared (and fallen) over the last 12 months. As of Oct. 27 it sits at $5,710 per unit. Its perceived value prompts more access for BTC users.

Also this week, we reported on controversial design elements that appear on a new paper note in Russia that Ukraine finds objectionable.

This week, we also learned that a Canadian technology firm is devising a safer way to extract gold and other precious metals from electronic waste.

Copper topped $7,000 per metric ton on Monday — its highest mark in three years, as China's producer prices increase, year on year, in August and September.