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.

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.

Two new 2022 coins for Niue, a silver dollar and a gold $100 coin, both enhanced by color, mark the 50th anniversary of the 1972 "Blue Marble" photo from space during the Apollo 17 trip to the Moon.

For 2021, the third design in the Mint of Hungary's annual 2,000-forint coin series celebrating the nation's indigenous dog breeds stars the Magyar agár, similar to but larger than the greyound.

Some of the most celebrated and collectable instances of countermarked silver dollars made an appearance at Toronto Coin Expo auctions, as four "JOP" coins were sold by two firms.

A small town in Denmark recently yielded one of the largest, richest and most beautiful gold treasures in Danish history, and it is on its way to becoming a museum display in 2022.

After a sellout of a 1-ounce version of a coin honoring the U.S. Morgan dollar, the Pobjoy Mint has created a 5-ounce version for the British Virgin Islands for Morgan and Peace designs.

Celebration of the bicentennial of Mexican independence and other events led to the creation of 20-peso coins that are being released dated 2021 for circulation with silver collector versions.

Understanding and interpreting heraldry has been made easier with a web resource that explains the elements and their meanings, handy for determining origin and meaning of medals.

A new dollar coin issued by the Royal Canadian Mint helps balance the story of the impact of the Klondike Gold Rush on native peoples on the 125th anniversary of the event.

A recent lot from the Charles Opitz Collection presented at the Stephen Album Rare Coins' auction was a string of Tibetan prayer beads that were composed of 108 human bones.

The Bank of Lithuania's new circulating commemorative €2 ringed-bimetallic coin, issued Sept. 9, continues an annual program honoring distinct regions and features Dzūkija.

The Royal Mint posted its 2020 production figures, revealing that it released more than 330 million coins into circulation, and that a 2009 coin still has the status of lowest mintage 50-penny coin.

The Swissmint 2021 silver 20-franc coin first in the "Energy of the Future" series spotlights an energy source already 5,000 years in use and supplying more than half of Switzerland's energy needs.

A double dragon and double koi image appears on a 2021 2-ounce .9999 fine silver $2 coin from Tuvalu with a maximum mintage of 888 pieces.

A silver jeton made during the reign of Louis XV proclaiming "the riches of Africa are the wealth of Marseille" and depicting trade in wheat and coral is offered in an upcoming auction in Monaco.

The RAM offers a second coin to commemorate Australian withdrawal from involvement in the Vietnam War 50 years ago, with the Battle of Nui Le 50-cent coin in a limited mintage of 27,500 coins.

A highlight of the upcoming Fritz Rudolf Künker Sept. 25 to 27 auction No. 352 is a rare 1683 medal from Hamburg, Germany, designed to feature the city and promote events held there.

A treaty protecting the Antarctic environment signed 30 years ago is the occasion for the production of special £2 coins issued by the Pobjoy Mint for the British Antarctic Territory.

An opaque light blue 5-fen plastic token from China in Extremely Fine condition, issued for use in a leprosy hospital, will be offered for sale in an upcoming Stephen Album Rare Coins auction.