The Royal Mint is partnering with a Canadian firm to recover and recycle precious metals (and eventually base metals) from electronic waste for use in future coins.

A request for $897 million for building a new production facility in suburban Maryland is part of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's FY 2022 budget justification, which Treasury submitted to Congress.

Before too long, collectors could be offered coins from Britain’s Royal Mint that are made from precious metals that once lurked inside someone’s laptop computer, smartphone or tablet, thanks to a new initiative.

Royal Dutch Mint erred in striking its annual gold ducat coin for 2021, creating a mule by using the reverse die from 2020, but is now striking the correct version for purchase or exchange.

An 1831 Capped Bust, Small Letters quarter dollar graded Proof 66 by Numismatic Guaranty Co. realized $144,000 in the Oct. 7 Premier Session auction at Heritage.

Paper £20 and £50 notes issued by the Bank of England, which were replaced with new polymer notes, will no longer be legal tender Sept. 30, 2022, and billions of pounds still remain in circulation.

Interim president of PCGS since August, Stephanie Sabin "has more than proven her talent and fitness for the role as PCGS president,” said CEO Nat Turner, removing "interim" from her title.

Sarah Miller is promoted to senior vice president at Heritage Auctions and will assist Heritage president Greg Rohan in overseeing the activity of the company's expanding New York office.

Historians, numismatists, researchers and academic professionals will be gathering in December for the third International Convention of Historians and Numismatists to be held in Cartagena, Colombia.

First-day sales of the four-coin 2021-S American Innovation Dollar sets, with Proof coins featuring New Hampshire, Virginia, New York and North Carolina innovations, exceeded 50,000 sets.

The annual report detailing the activities of the past year by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee was reviewed and approved, while the newest member of the panel was officially sworn in.

The wait is almost over for U.S. Mint customers who ordered the limited-edition 2021 Morgan and Peace dollars struck the the Mint's three facilities, as the Mint verifies that shipping has started.

Efforts by the U.S. Mint to thwart counterfeiters and some recent remarkable error coins offered at auction were captivating to readers in the past week.

A medical breakthrough 100 years ago, the discovery of insulin, is honored on the Royal Mint's new 2021 50-penny commemorative, available in copper-nickel, silver and gold collectible versions.

Jeff and Larry branch out to world topics, including the upcoming US-Mexican Numismatics convention with World Numismatics’ Cory Frampton.

In the first offering from a major collection of medals by Victor David Brenner, an example of his 1895 bronze Society of the Cincinnati medal sold for $5,400, well above its estimate, to the society's museum.

Discovery of 1621-dated 8-real coins in the wreckage of ships from a 1622 fleet confirms their early date of minting in what is now Colombia; one example is offered in Sedwick's Nov. 5 auction.

An 1815/2 Capped Bust half dollar, discovered stashed in a tobacco tin under a staircase in a British home and now graded PCGS MS-63 sold in Heritage's Oct. 7 Premier Session in Dallas for $39,600.

With the 1,000- and 10,000-colón bank notes entering circulation Oct. 15, Costa Rica completes the transition of all its five note denominations from cotton paper to polymer in less than 12 months.

For customers of the numismatic products of the U.S. Mint, 2021 had its highs and lows, with the sales of stunningly popular coins pleasing some and alienating others. What is in store for 2022?