Thirty lots of Napoleonic medals recently offered for sale covered a wide variety of historically important events within the reign of the French statesman.

To mark the 100th birth anniversary of legendary artist and advocate of Haida culture Bill Reid, the Royal Canadian Mint has issued a $2 coin available in plain or colorful versions.

The spirit of giving is strong as the RCM has made a $100,000 contribution to the Breakfast Club of Canada Emergency fund to support families facing food insecurity due to the pandemic.

One of fewer than two dozen known, this rare silver decadrachm from 2,300 years ago brought over $27,000 at a recent Larry & Ira Goldberg Coins and Collectibles auction.

As one of its 2020 circulating commemorative designs, Belgium has chosen to honor painter Jan van Eyck on a €2 coin that will be seen later this year.

Noted Canadian numismatist and long-time educator Dr. Harold Don Allen passed away at the age of 89. Allen's work on numismatics appeared in top publications including Coin World.

The popular penguin returns to the latest Pobjoy Mint coinage designed for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands with the gentoo penguin featured.

The 2020 silver coin in Niue's Wildlife Up Close series features the frilled neck lizard, an indigenous species from Australia that has notoriety well beyond its native habitat.

The consecration of Poland's Gothic St. Mary's Church in 1320 is celebrated on a circulating commemorative 5-zloty coin and a Proof .999 fine silver 50-zloty coin with glass insert.

A curiosity piece that sparked a 1970s controversy for the island of Anholt will be resurrected for an auction that is sure to bring bring memories of a Satanic hoax.

To mark the 150th anniversary of Canada's first unified series of circulating coinage, a special 2020 four-coin set replicating the classic 1870 designs is offered by the RCM.

On the 175th anniversary of his birth, a Hungarian Impressionist painter becomes the subject of two new coins released by the Hungarian Mint and featuring well-known art.

An Australian collector is the new owner of a love token created by a convict who had carved a message on a pre-1776 George III halfpenny sold at Dix Noonan Webb in July.

Bank of Poland coin offerings don't shy away from tragic events, as 2020 gold and silver coins mark 10 years since the Smolensk plane crash killed 96 people, including the top government officials.

Stargazing is a worldwide, ancient practice, as civilizations long used celestial guides to navigate and create calendars; Australia celebrates this with a 2020 half-ounce silver Emu in the Sky coin.

Penguins are a popular subject among Pobjoy Mint offerings, with four 2020 coins added to the waddle, the new series in the name of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.

The numismatic world responds to the COVID-19 pandemic by developing products that wil serve as remembrances of a time that floored the world.

A bronze medal for nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale from the time of the Crimean War tripled its presale estimate when offered for sale in June's Stephen Album auction.

Silver bullion coins in the 2020 Chatham Island Crested Penguin program struck in the name of New Zealand but from a Polish manufacturer will eventually be available to U.S. collectors.

A high grade silver medal from 1900 will be in a July sale in Hong Kong; the theme of the medal is the Battle of Taku, during the Boxer Rebellion.