The award for the American Israel Numismatic Association's Shekel Prize for 2021 has been given to David Jacobson for his work on Agrippa II, the last of the Herodian kings.

Finland is celebrating its freedoms, giving a nod to the role of journalism and effective communication, with a 2021 circulating commemorative €2 coin to be issued in a mintage of 800,000.

Collectors seeking to legally add ancient coins to their collections are invited to read updated information at the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild website regarding import restrictions.

An 1880s medal awarded to French combatants in the Tonkin Campaign will be one of the highlighted elements of the upcoming Heritage Auctions April 4 Hong Kong sale.

The second issue in a three-coin series celebrating the coming of age of the Canadian Confederation is now available with the five-ounce coin honoring unification by water transportation.

The research vessel RRS Discovery is featured on the latest offering in a series honoring sailing vessels as Pobjoy Mint produces the coins for South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands.

The centennial of the March Constitution is honored by the National Bank of Poland's Proof 2021 .925 fine silver 10-zloty coin, featuring the state eagle emblem and portions of the Constitution.

Two different designs within the same year will be issued for the first time in the Royal Mint's precious metals Britannia program, celebrating Britain’s spirit of innovation and honoring its diversity.

Spain continues its annual circulating commemorative €2 coin series honoring its UNESCO World Heritage List sites with a coin depicting the Old Town of Toledo, the capital of the Visigothic empire.

Collectors will have a choice with the Royal Mint's creations celebrating the 140th anniversary of Royal Albert Hall, including that mint's first domed coins, gold and silver £5 commemoratives.

The wolf, the national animal of Estonia, will be featured on a ringed-bimetallic circulating commemorative €2 coin with a mintage of 1 million coins to be released later this year.

A gold medal of Peter I (the Great) celebrating Russia's 18th century capture of Tallin, Estonia, is among highlights of Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ April 6 Hong Kong auction of the Pinnacle Collection.

The bright colors of Pobjoy's 2021 titanium £2 coin for the British Indian Ocean Territory spotlighting the parrotfish are appropriate, since color plays a key role in the existence of the species.

The Proof 5-ounce version of the U.S. Mint's innovative silver dollar created for 2019, for the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing by the Apollo 11 mission, wins voting for the Coin of the Year.

Raise a glass to the 2021 brass €2.5 coin from Belgium celebrating the UNESCO decision five years ago decreeing the nation's "beer culture" an "intangible heritage."

A triple-struck 2015 Australian dollar in a late March sale, while not an extreme rarity, is eyecatching because in modern minting processes such errors don't often reach circulation.

The recent news article about the transfer of confiscated ancient coins to a Washington university will probably be received with mixed feelings in the numismatic community.

A 16th century artist is recognized on a 2021 San Marino Uncirculated €2 coin released only to collectors March 1, the ringed-bimetallic coin having a mintage of 54,000 examples.

The Pobjoy Mint's new series of coins for the British Indian Ocean Territory depicts the Queen's Beasts and honors Elizabeth II 95th birthday with the first release, the Lion of England.

A collection of 51 Greek Hellenistic and early Islamic coins that were seized by Border Patrol officials at a Washington border crossing to Canada in 2017 have been placed at the University of Washington.