Robert Burns, author of the popular New Year's Eve song "Auld Lang Syne," is celebrated on coins and paper money. One £2 coin carries some of the song's lyrics.

Every Lithuanian baby born on Jan. 1, 2015, will receive special editions of their country's new euro coins.

Canada’s Father of Confederation, Sir John A. Macdonald, is being honored on a 2015 circulating commemorative $2 coin.

The Royal Mint announced Dec. 29 that Big Ben would be on its first £100 silver coin in a series of precious metal coins being issued at face value.

A rare gold mohur of Mughal Empire ruler Jahangir, issued as part of a series of Zodiac coins, highlights Stephen Album Rare Coins’ Auction 21.

The biblical account of crossing the Red Sea, as told in the book of Exodus, is showcased on a new 2-ounce silver coin struck at the Scottsdale Mint.

The 1954 auction catalog of Egyptian King Farouk was hastily made and not a reflection of deep scholarship, but the collection is important.

A 1-ounce silver medallion commemorating the first Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl is being sold on Stryde for $100.

An example of the circa 408 to 406 B.C. silver tetradrachm of Akragas highlights the Gemini Numismatic Auctions Jan. 11 auction.

A California collector spent 25 years building a collection of 38 coins, representing one coin from each year of the life of Jesus Christ.

The Bank of Canada is encouraging Canadian citizens to submit designs for a special polymer commemorative note to be issued in 2017.

Serbian leaders depicted on medals related to World War I are few and far between.

Genuine gold bars were removed from Ukraine Central Bank storage facility and replaced with lead bricks covered in gold paint.

Police in Hong Kong are asking for the public’s help in recovering HK$15 million that was scattered across a road after a traffic accident Dec. 24.

New 2015 Lunar Coins Now Available Celebrating the “Year of the Goat"

The Battle of Falkland Islands, on Dec. 8, 1914, is now being honored on a 2014 £2 coin issued by the Falkland Islands.

The second coin in the Perth Mint's Florida Natives Proof silver $1 series showcases the panther. The coin is being released in January at the FUN show.

British coins reveal the source of their metal, reflect economics of their time of issue, and even political messages, if you know how to unlock the codes.

A 2015 commemorative €10 coin from Germany will celebrate the millennium of Leipzig.

German artist Karl Goetz designed a 1914 medal honoring the sacrifice of soldiers serving on the war front.

British coins reveal the source of their metal, reflect economics of their time of issue, and even political messages, if you know how to unlock the codes.

British coins reveal the source of their metal, reflect economics of their time of issue, and even political messages, if you know how to unlock the codes.

British coins reveal the source of their metal, reflect economics of their time of issue, and even political messages, if you know how to unlock the codes.

Renaissance-era painter and portraiturist Lucas Cranach the Younger has been chosen to appear on a 2015 €10 commemorative coin in Germany.

Charles Dickens, who authored the famous novella A Christmas Carol, was honored in 2012 with a circulating coin in Great Britain.

The Lord Mayor of London struck gold sovereign coins at a Royal Mint-licensed facility during a recent official visit to India.

A society that provides maritime search and rescue operations in Germany is the subject of a 2015 commemorative €10 coin.

A circa 1798 or later white metal medal marking the Battle of Nile victory is one highlight in Davisson's Ltd.' mail bid and live Internet auction.

Fortresses were a common theme on the ancient coinage of the Roman Empire.

British coins reveal the source of their metal, reflect economics of their time of issue, and even political messages, if you know how to unlock the codes.

Zimbabwe's central bank has put millions of dollars worth of new small-denomination bond coins into circulation in response to a shortage of change.

In 2015, Spain will continue its annual series of €2 coins honoring UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in Spain.

It may just be a coincidence that the number of dinosaur-themed world coins and medals increased after the release of the 1993 movie Jurassic Park.

The new Europa series €20 bank note design will be unveiled on Feb. 24, 2015, according to a Eurosystem news release.

Slovenia will celebrate the 2,000th anniversary of the Roman city Emona, which was located on the site that would become the capital.

A medal awarded to a Panama Canal construction worker highlights a Jan. 21 auction from Davisson’s, Ltd.

London auction firm Spink established a record price for a gold Tudor coin during its Dec. 16 and 17 auction.

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Germany will mark the 25th anniversary of reunification with a circulating commemorative €2 coin.

Obama said that the United States would “end an outdated approach” toward its relations with Cuba. What does that mean for Cuban coin collectors?

Spain has unveiled new designs for circulating €1 and €2 coins showing the new monarch, Felipe VI.

Russian-born painter Wassily Kandinsky, subject of a Google Doodle Dec. 16, 2014, is also honored on 2011 coins of France, where he chose to live as a citizen.

Two of the Three Wise Men of the Bible's story of Jesus' birth may have issued coins that are rare but collectible today.

Mickey Mouse, from the 1928 movie Steamboat Willie, is "the ultimate expression in the art of minting” on Niue 2015 kilogram silver and gold coins.

A new Brilliant Uncirculated 2015 £2 coin from Great Britain honors the service of the Royal Navy during World War I.

A rare 1898 silver dollar from Anhwei Province, graded Mint State 66 by Numismatic Guaranty Corp., realized $112,100, including 15 percent buyer’s fee.

The Royal Canadian Mint's newest silver $50 coin available at face value depicts the Canadian beaver.

An ancient bronze coin of Silanus apparently shows the Star of Bethlehem mentioned in the Bible story of Jesus' birth.

A $10 note from the Imperial Bank of Canada sold in a Nov. 22, 2014, auction by Geoffrey Bell Auctions in New Brunswick, Canada.

The Royal Canadian Mint gets in the festive spirit with a Proof silver $25 coin with a colorful Christmas ornament coin design.

More than 300,000 fake 1- and 2-euro coins meant to imitate approximately €556,000 have been seized by Italian police in Naples.

Coin World explores numismatic items for 12 Christmas themes in a special series, beginning with a scratch-and-sniff Christmas tree coin.

The Royal Mint of Spain has issued new circulating and collector coins, and a medal, to mark the ascension of King Felipe VI to the throne.

If the coins continue to be hoarded or lost, the Central Bank warns that retailers' demand for small-denomination coins used to provide change will not be met.

A fake silver decadrachm created by prolific forger Carl Wilhelm Becker realized $1,092.50, in a Dec. 3 auction.

A collection of Swedish plate money, including several rarities, highlights Stack's Bowers Galleries' New York auction in January.

A rare gold stater once in the Garrett Collection realizes $381,259 U.S. in a Nov. 24 auction in Switzerland.

The Royal Mint honors the bicentennial of the Battle of Waterloo with a commemorative £5 coin in 2015.

The 11th gold Angel coin in a series honoring the gifts from the Twelve Days of Christmas song is now available from the Pobjoy Mint.

Cosmology, the study of the universe and its origins, is the subject of the Austrian Mint's 2015 silver-niobium €25 coin.

Kiribati, home to Christmas Island, celebrates the season with three holiday and winter-themed coins, including one showing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

The Nobel Prize medal awarded to DNA researcher Dr. James D. Watson in 1962 sold for $4,757,000 Thursday in a Christie’s auction in New York.

Two new coins struck by the Pobjoy Mint recall the failed Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton.

Gold and silver commemorative coins from the Central Bank of Brazil honoring the upcoming 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were presented last week.

A pyramid made entirely of Lithuanian cent coins is the largest ever built, according to volunteers quoted by Business Insider in a Nov. 29 post.

Two 2014 collector silver and gold coins from Niue celebrate the 75th anniversary of Batman, and the release includes augmented reality technology.

The Royal Canadian Mint is expanding its face value silver coin program in 2015 with a new denomination — $25.

A 1940 Meissen porcelain medal marks the German invasion of Paris. It realized about $115 U.S. in a recent auction.

The Royal Mint’s new 12-sided pound coin set for release in 2017 might have collectors intrigued, but it has vending-machine operators annoyed.

Dr. James D. Watson, one of three 1962 recipients of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, is offering his gold medal for auction Dec. 4 by Christie's.

World mints continue to offer an array of coins celebrating the season, with special minting techniques, whimsical designs, and more.

The newest 2014 coin in the Royal Canadian Mint's series of silver $20 coins sold at face value, the 2014 Snowman coin, has sold out its mintage.

The fifth volume of David Sear's Roman Coin Values book series is now available for pre-order.

A 2015 copper-nickel 50-penny coin from the Royal Mint commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

The fifth known example of a rare coin of Roman emperor Probus is offered in Numismatik Lanz’s Dec. 8 auction.

The second Proof .999 fine silver $1 coin in the Perth Mint's Australian Dinosaurs series, for the Diamantinasaurus, is now available.

Canada’s second ever half-kilogram silver $125 coin marks the 350th anniversary of the Canadian Horse’s introduction.

Instead of the real thing, a new $5 coin from the Royal Canadian Mint offers a poinsettia that will never stop blooming or lose its leaves.

A standout among Haitian coins is the 32.4-millimeter, copper 1850 6¼-centime piece, bearing a crowned bust for “Faustin I, Emperor of Haiti.”

An archaeologist in Germany is charging auction firms with supported Islamic State terrorists by encouraging looting, which industry officials vehemently deny.

The XV International Congress has been scheduled for Taormina, Italy, in September 2015.

One of three examples of North America's earliest silver dollar equivalent coins realized $587,500 in Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC's Nov. 6 auction.

Artist and illustrator Jesse Koreck has designed three coins for the Royal Canadian Mint. Coin World interviewed the designer to learn his thoughts about coins.

Yen-denominated coinage was introduced in Japan in 1871, following the end of two and a half centuries of a policy of national seclusion.

A rare Roman bronze coin of Caligula was apparently one of those issued to members of the praetorian guard during the ceremony shown on the coin's reverse.

For collectors who can't afford the pricier, authentic pieces, copies and reproductions are an affordable alternative.

Modern forger Peter Rosa is perhaps the most famous creator of counterfeits from the last half-century, but the pieces were not intended to fool collectors.

Will the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria issue coins for use in the territory it controls? Evidence suggest such a project is unlikely to work.

A platinum medal in a Dec. 6 auction celebrates the restoration of the Bourbon Monarchy after Napoleon Bonaparte's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.

One could build a large collection of world coins concentrating solely on the fine arts.

The city of Pergamum played an important role in the Hellenistic Age (circa 350/336 to 30 B.C.) of Greek history.

Named after its home city of Florence, “Firenze,” it became the main medium for the return of coins made from gold.

The British Museum was once a source for counterfeit ancient coins, employing Robert Ready and his family to create copies for educational purposes.

Forgeries are generally frowned upon, but there is a market for some famous fakes throughout the ages.

A petition to include women on Canada’s banknotes is approaching its goal of 50,000 signatures.

Our story begins with “shekel,” a term so old that it predates the invention of coined money by at least a couple of millennia.

A 2014 silver $2 coin for Niue celebrates the Erta Ale volcano in Ethiopia by mimicking its shape and including a piece of lava from the structure's fiery flow.

Reader finds a previously unpublished 1602 silver 2-taler coin from Saxe-Old-Gotha, one of the many German states.

An 1869 silver 5-peseta coin, issued by Spain's Provisional Government, one of 100 pieces known, highlights a Dec. 6 auction in Monaco.

Characters from The Snowman and The Snowdog, an animated children's show, feature on the Isle of Man's 2014 Christmas coins.

Captain America, Hulk, Thor and Iron Man are featured on four 2014 Proof silver $2 collector coins from Niue.

Two rare 1960 eight-grain agora pattern coins highlight William Rosenblum's auction 44B, which ends Dec. 4.

Johann Strauss' Die Fledemaus is the subject of Austria's first 2015 coin, which is being released Dec. 3.

With a 2015 £5 coin marking his death anniversary, Sir Winston Churchill becomes the first non-royal to appear twice on coins of the United Kingdom.

The Royal Australian Mint has issued a colorful circulating commemorative $2 coin. During the launch a countermarked 2014 Spirit Lives On $1 coin was available.

Similarities in the manufacture of ancient and modern coins and currency will be tackled during a Dec. 12 seminar at the San Francisco Historical Bourse.

Belgium has issued two coins celebrating the birth bicentennial of saxophone inventor Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax.

The first of the Sol Noctis series of silver pieces denominated in bitcoins is known as the Binary Eagle and will be made available by TopWorldCoins on Dec. 5.

The Royal Mint is replacing the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Queen Elizabeth II with only the fifth definitive portrait of the ruler during her 62-year reign.

Collectors in Asia and Europe know the advantages of owning art or coins, offer to people concerned with privacy and portability issues.

A new book explores the history of Mexico's Caballito peso, modern Mexico's first commemorative coin.

What is the secret to the sweet success for a Swiss auction firm selling Russian coins? The auction firm discusses the latest highlights and its strategy.

Rosland Capital and the Royal Canadian Mint have issues a silver Maple Leaf 1-ounce coin with a privy mark. Sales benefit agencies serving military families.

A circa 461 to 430 B.C. silver drachm of the Aetna Master highlights Tradart's Nov. 20 auction in Brussels.

Organizers have announced plans for the 22nd Grand Bourse de Monaco, which is scheduled for Dec. 7.

A 1729 gold 5-guinea coin minted from gold supplied to the Royal Mint by the East India Company highlights Dix Noonan Webb’s Dec. 4 and 5 auction.

The Imperial International Exhibition was held in the White District section of Shepherd’s Bush, in west London, in 1909.

Coins that feature lighthouses provide an interesting theme for a collection. This is a wonderful way to learn about specific lighthouses and their history.

Collectors' Clearinghouse column: Israeli coins show variable form of raised rings just inside design rim.

A circa 1853 to 1855 bronze 20-cash coin of the Qing Dynasty realized $49,200 U.S. in a Stephen Album Rare Coins auction recently.

A 2014 Proof .925 fine silver €20 coin from Belgium marks the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall Nov. 9, 1989.

A China Mint artist has designed the commemorative medal for the Macau Numismatic Society's annual coin expo Nov. 27 to 30.

An 1898 Hunan pattern silver dollar from China that reportedly sold for more than $1 million U.S. will be on exhibit during a coin show in Macau.

From victory, comes, hopefully, peace. The United States marked the end of World War I with the Peace dollar, first issued in 1921.

Within months of the Nov. 11, 1918, armistice ending World War I, the Allies reached agreement to adopt a Victory Medal for soldiers.

The highest graded example of William Wyon's Three Graces silver crown pattern of 1817 sold in a Sept. 29 auction for £46,800 ($76,037 U.S.).

World mints have been catering to big buyers with half-ounce silver coins, and one-ounce coins are no longer the rule.

Some large and important coins were struck in silver and debased silver for use in Rome’s provinces.

While World War I military decorations often recognize battle achievements, numerous examples of medallic art add to the accolades.

A new collector coin from Portugal is intentionally struck off-center, using technology developed by the Portuguese State Mint.

When China's Kwangtung Mint opened in 1888, it was the world's largest. An early silver dollar from that mint highlights a Nov. 30 auction.

A new collector coin from Portugal is intentionally struck off-center, using technology developed by the Portuguese State Mint.

It was called “the war that will end war,” by author H.G. Wells. World War I can be remembered through numerous numismatic collectibles.

Two commemorative 10-ruble coins celebrating Russia's takeover of Crimea are now in circulation, months after being announced.

Physicist Brian P. Schmidt explained to TSA officials in Fargo, N.D., the 2011 Nobel gold medal he was carrying was the one he received from the King of Sweden.

Four new coins begin a new series from the Monnaie de Paris marking the centennial of World War I. The coins show the taxi drivers of the Marne.

A new Proof .925 fine silver 10 denars coin is the fourth coin in the Signs of the Zodiac series from the National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia.

A coin that wasn't royally authorized and was lost to the sea, a 1659 Star of Lima silver 8-real coin, highlights Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC's Nov. 6 auction.

Maryland State Numismatic Association presented a 2014 Fort McHenry quarter dollar to HMS Argyll warrant officer Sept. 14 in Baltimore.

An orichalcum and copper medal of Roman emperor Commodus, dating to A.D. 190, highlights Nomos Ag’s auction No. 9 on Oct. 21 in Zürich.

German auction firm Gerhard Hirsch conducted its 300th auction on Sept. 24. That sale included a silver decadrachm of Sicily designed by celator Kimon.

A 2014 circulating commemorative €2 coin from Portugal marks the International Year of Family Farming in 2014.

A Spanish colonial “silver dollar” with ties to the Industrial Revolution highlights Noble Numismatics’ Nov. 18 to 20 auction.

The Royal Mint has issued three coins to mark the birth centennial of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.

The Royal Mint of Spain honors the 250 anniversary of the Royal School of Artillery with a Proof .925 fine silver €10 coin released Oct. 13.

The Pobjoy Mint has issued 2014 coins honoring the Orca whale in the name of the British Antarctic Territory.

How did a 1912-J silver 3-mark coin from Germany make its way to a field in Louisiana. It could have been carried by a prisoner-of-war.

A famous wartime photo titled "Wait for me, Daddy," is now circulating on Canada's $2 coin, and on two Proof silver collector coins.

Russian rarities abound in Swiss International Coin Auction AG’s Oct. 13 to 15 auction of the third part of a landmark collection of Russian coins and medals.

Gibraltar has a new silver 1-ounce coin. The 2014 Royal £15 coin, a 1-ounce .999 fine silver piece, is available in three versions.

A Year 3 (circa 134 to 135 A.D.) silver tetradrachm struck during the Bar Kochba Revolt highlight’s Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ auction Oct. 30 to Nov. 1.

A 2015 coin from Canada is the first silver Canadian glow-in-the-dark coin and shows the Big Dipper constellation

A hoard of 22,000 bronze Roman coins announced Sept. 26 is the fourth-largest hoard in Great Britain.

A 1653 gold Naval Service Award medal, one of perhaps eight or nine examples known, leads the Woolley & Wallis Oct. 16 auction of early English medals.

U.S. coins, Civil War tokens and world coins will be offered in an online auction by Lyn Knight Auctions Oct. 13 to 15, 2014.

The Royal Canadian Mint's new Proof silver $20 coin features an achromatic hologram and honors the 25th anniversary of the Canadian Space Agency.

The bearded bust of a man in turban dominates the obverse of an 82-millimeter copper silverplate medal of the Paris Mint’s Club Français de la Médaille.

Numismatic Guaranty Corp. will soon offer bilingual (Chinese and English) Early Releases and First Releases labels for Chinese Panda and Lunar Calendar coins.

A previously unknown silver tetradrachm from ancient Iran, only the second known piece, realized a $45,000 hammer price in a recent auction.

Mexico's new 2014 circulating commemorative 20-peso coin marks the centennial of the Taking of Zacatecas.

The Austrian Mint has issued its second .986 fine gold €100 coin from an annual Wildlife in Our Sights series. The 2014 coin shows the wild boar.

The fifth annual Singapore International Coin Fair is scheduled for March 27 to 29, 2015.

The Helvetic Mint, a private company, has issued four-medal sets marking the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, with designs from Swiss surrealist H.R. Giger.

The American Israel Numismatic Association is issuing the first Jewish Lunar medal, connecting a Passover tradition with the 2015 Year of the Goat.

The Royal Canadian Mint is now making 1-gram gold Maple Leaf bullion coins, denominated as 50 cents and sold in packs of 25 coins.

A unique gold aureus coin of Augustus Caesar realized £480,000 ($781,675 U.S.), including the 20 percent buyer’s fee, in Dix Noonan Webb’s Sept. 22 auction.

Telegraph reports that Laurence Edgerton came upon the so-called Seaton Down Hoard, which features coins that date back to the fourth century, in November 2013.

Austria continues its Piece by Piece series, with design input from children. The 2014 Tyrol coin shows lederhosen, drindls and Tyrolean hats.

The Mint of Finland's 2014 ringed-bimetallic €5 coin for the province called Finland Proper is the fourth coin in the Provincial Animals program.

A Canadian coin, found in a roll of small-sized U.S. dollars, and a token found in a roll of U.S. half dollars, make for an interesting study.

Vlad III Tepes (the Impaler) was the inspiration for Bram Stoker's vampire villain known as Dracula. Coins related to Tepes are available to collectors today.

A Proof silver $20 coin from Canada honoring the wood bison was based on a photo by a famed wildlife photographer.

The Royal Canadian Mint honors the Viking exploration of Canada in a new Matte Proof silver $15 coin in the Exploring Canada coin series.

A Proof 2014 1-ounce .999 fine silver $1 showing the Australovenator wintonensis is the first coin in the Perth Mint's Australian Age of Dinosaurs series.

The Royal Dutch Mint is selling several coins to honor the Dutch windmills of Kinderdijk.

Shields were an essential tool of war in the ancient world and are often depicted on coins of various kingdoms and cities.

Monsters are front and center during the Halloween season. Many world coins showcase some of these "monsters," real and imagined.

A private company has issued pattern "coins" for an independent Scotland that feature some of the country's most notable historical figures.

After more than 20 years in Mayfair, Classical Numismatic Group is moving its London office to Bloomsbury Street, near the British Museum.

A Russian pattern ruble from 1886 highlights Sincona AG's third and final auction of the Sincona Collection of Russian coins and medals.

Scottish themes and symbols have appeared on coins circulating throughout the United Kingdom continuously since 1937.

A rare £10 million Bank of England Treasury bill will be offered at auction Sept. 29 by Dix Noonan Webb.

To mark the 40th anniversary of its founding, the Royal Hawaiian Mint is issuing a limited-edition six-piece Proof piedfort set of medals in copper.

The National Assembly of debt-ridden Ecuador passed legislation in July that would create an official virtual currency backed by the state with “liquid assets."

The finest known 1681 silver half crown of Charles II of the Elephant & Castle type realized $35,250 in Heritage Auctions' Sept. 3 to 5 sale.

A silver tetradrachm of Syracuse in Sicily, issued circa 415 to 405 B.C., reflects Syracuse's prosperity and military dominance in the fifth century B.C.

The Royal Mint has issued new £5 coins struck for Alderney to commemorate the centennial of World War I.

The highest graded example of William Wyon's Three Graces pattern crown from 1817 highlights St. James's Auctions' Sept. 29 sale in London.

A 1961 cent and a 1963 pattern cent in nickel are among the low-mintage rarities in the Robert Bakewell Collection being sold Sept. 22 by Dix Noonan Webb.

A 1902 gold Veld pond, one of a reported mintage of 986 pieces, highlights the Robert Bakewell Collection being sold by Dix Noonan Webb.

The Royal Mint is asking residents of any age or nationality in the UK to submit designs for the new £1 coin to enter circulation in 2017.

Heritage Auctions will offer a large collection of more than 300 “Conder” tokens in its Oct. 2 World and Ancient Internet Coin Auction.

Germany's oldest active coin show, in Hannover, will marks its 100th show on Nov. 30, 2014.

The Royal Canadian Mint has sold out all four of its 2014 Superman coins, and prices have begun to soar in the secondary market.

Author Howard Berlin has recently completed The Numismatourist, a book highlighting coin collections and exhibits on display around the world.

A 1652-dated Massachusetts Oak Tree threepence was reportedly discovered Sept. 7 by a metal detectorist in a hunt in Britain.

Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and four other Disney characters feature on 2014 Proof silver $2 coins for Niue.

A rare copper 20-cash pattern coin for Honan Province in China realized $70,800 in an Aug. 21 auction in Hong Kong.

A 1902 gold British Trade dollar realized $236,000 U.S. during Baldwin's Hong Kong auction Aug. 21.

A new Proof silver €15 coin from Ireland honors Irish-American inventor John Philip Holland, the father of the modern U.S. submarine.

The Royal Mint has issued three coins to mark the 300th anniversary of the coronation of King George I.

The Victoria Cross is Britain’s highest gallantry award, and pair featured presented to two troops who were featured in the BBC program Our World War.

A bronze drachm of Trajan, issued in Alexandria, Egypt, shows a god of the annual flooding of the Nile River.

A convict's love token from Australia, made from a 1797 British Cartwheel penny, sold for $596 Australian ($560 U.S.) in a July 29 auction.

Superman is making his return to Canadian coins. Four new coins are set to be unveiled Aug. 29, and begin shipping to collectors on Sept. 2.

A hoard of bronze coins found during road construction has rewritten history, helping to identify a previously unknown settlement.

The Straits Settlements, on the Malay peninsula of Asia, was formed in 1826 and ruled by Britain’s East India Company.

The Mint of Finland has issued the third ringed bimetallic €5 coin in the Provincial Animals series, which celebrates Åland and shows the white-tailed eagle.

Recalled by more coins and medals than any other African, Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger of South Africa, was a hero of the Boer War.

The breakaway republic of Transnistria in a contested area of Moldova on Aug. 22 issued four new circulating coins, in plastic.

A zodiac gold mohur, struck circa 1622 to 1623 by the fourth Mughal emperor, leads Stephen Album Rare Coin's 20th auction, scheduled for Sept. 18 to 20.

The Republic of Equatorial Guinea has issued its first gold coin since 1997.

Twelve Australian coins, including a Holey dollar and "Dump" from 1813, were stolen Aug. 6 from an exhibit at the State Library of New South Wales.

A new coin from the Mint of Poland honors the West Highland White Terrier.

After spending years producing fakes of silver dollar-sized coins dollars, we are now seeing fakes of better date copper coins from numerous countries.

Wuon-Gean Ho, the artist who created the Royal Mint's first two designs for its Chinese Zodiac Calendar coin series, discusses her coin designing experience.

A familiar face in the European numismatic hobby, Arne Kirsch, has joined Zurich-based auction house Sincona AG.

The Royal Australian Mint hosted a former NASA astronaut Aug. 18 for a ceremonial coin striking of the 2014 Orion Proof .999 fine silver $5 coin.

The Royal Mint on Aug. 19 unveiled the design for 2015 Year of the Sheep silver and gold coins.

The majority of themes, however, are Czech in nature or have meanings specific to residents of the former Czechoslovakia.

A 1988 copper-nickel 2-penny coin, struck on a wrong metal planchet, realized about $2,221 U.S. in an Aug. 1 auction.

Since 2011, the Prague Mint has produced dozens of limited edition medals to meet a burgeoning market for medals in the former Czechoslovakia.

Stainless steel is the subject of, and the metal used, in a new collector coin from Luxembourg.

A new Proof silver €20 coin celebrates the opal mines of Slovakia with the gem and bats as part of the design.

The Chinese Year of the Goat in 2015 is months away, but a new five-ounce silver $8 coin from Niue kicks off the celebration early.

A thousand years after the founding of the Roman Empire, coins with animal designs were struck to celebrate empire's millennium.

The private Prague Mint remains firmly entrenched in the old ways while making reasonable use of the new.

A new silver medal from the Mint of Poland celebrates a man who helped both Polish and American efforts for independence.

A 1921 square pattern penny from Australia was never adopted for circulation. An example of the most common type is in Heritage Auctions' Sept. 3 to 5 auction.

Pope Francis' visit to South Korea Aug. 14 to 18 is the subject of two new commemorative coins, due for release Sept. 30.

The opening of the Panama Canal 100 years ago is the subject of a new Prooflike .999 fine silver $2 coin from Niue, issued through Helvetic Mint.

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Most of the action in British coins is now found in year-round auctions, a marked departure from a decade ago.

The agency created by the Dodd-Frank Act is now accepting online complaints from consumers about virtual currencies.

Latvia has issued its first circulating commemorative €2 coin, celebrating Riga's turn as the European Capital of Culture.

A unique type of a gold aureus of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, highlights Dix Noonan Webb's Sept. 22 auction.

When Wales hosts a NATO summit in September, world leaders and local schools will receive a special bronze medal celebrating the gathering.

A new circulating commemorative 2-euro coin from Malta marks the bicentennial of that island nation's police force.

The obverse of the coins shows the coat of arms of Malta with the year of issue, 2014.

The Royal Canadian Mint continues its series of Matte Proof .9999 fine silver $50 coins sold at face value with a 2014 design honoring the snowy owl.

The Austrian Mint’s fourth coin in the popular “Back from the Dead” coin series is set for release Sept. 10.

When a 2007 Russian 50-kopek coin turns up in a Coin World staffer members pocket change it poses the question of how it got here.

A military ration dollar from Taiwan with several chop marks, is part of Heritage Auction's sale at the American Numismatic Association World's Fair of Money.

A piece of Russian leather money highlights Stack's Bowers Galleries' auction during the American Numismatic Association World's Fair of Money.

The Japan Mint is sponsoring a design contest for artists around the world to foster creativity and enhance the artistry of coins.

A new 2014 Proof silver dollar for Niue, from the Mint of Poland, honors Niagara Falls in the United States and Canada.

To collector Gary Marks home is more than his castle: It is his country. He designed a medal to honor his wife, the Grand Duchess of Marksova.

A pattern for China's first Dragon silver dollars is one of the highlights in Stack's Bowers and Ponterio's Hong Kong auction Aug. 18 and 19.

A pattern for Koprea's first machine-struck silver dollars is one of the highlights in Stack's Bowers and Ponterio's Hong Kong auction Aug. 18 and 19.

A pattern for China's "Birds over Junk" silver dollars is one of the highlights in Stack's Bowers and Ponterio's Hong Kong auction Aug. 18 and 19.

Greek philosopher Aristotle is the subject of a new Proof silver €10 coin from Greece.

The Royal Mint has announced a new Brilliant Uncirculated gold £2 double-sovereign coin to mark the first birthday of Prince George of Cambridge.

Coin World London correspondent John Andrew is now a liveryman in the Livery of The Worshipful Company of Art Scholars, the city's newest livery.

Artist James Butler was commissioned by the Goldsmiths' Company to create a unique silver medal commemorating the centennial of World War I.

German coin dealer and auction firm Fritz Rudolph Künker has moved its headquarters to a new, purpose-built building in Osnabrück.

A gold aureus of Octavian in the Lexington Collection being auctioned by Heritage Auctions marks the founding of the Roman Empire.

A gold stater of Eucratides I features a powerful image of the Graeco-Bactrian king.

A silver denarius in the Lexington Collection auction represents the short-lived reign of Gordian I and II, during the "Year of the Six Emperors."

A look at Ukrainian medallic art reveals the culturally towering figure of Taras Hyrhorovych Shevchenko. He's revered as a hero in Ukraine.

One of the most enigmatic of Canadian coins, the 1916-C gold sovereign, highlights the Canadian Numismatic Company’s Aug. 13 to 16 auction.

An altered Series 2009 $1 Federal Reserve note is among the objects on display in the “Disobedient Objects” exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

The Royal Canadian Mint is issuing silver and gold Royal Generations coins showing Prince George of Cambridge with three other members of the royal family.

A Royal Mint Proof silver £5 coin marking the first birthday of Prince George of Cambridge sells out its 7,500 coin mintage four days before the celebrated day.

A gold double solidus of Aelia Eudocia highlights Dix Noonan Webb's Sept. 22 and 23 ancient and world coins auction.

Between two world wars, Danzig issued a series of coins featuring imagery important to the city such as a statue of Neptune.

The American bison and its worldly relatives are increasingly popular topics for New World coins, with a bevy of bison coins issued in the past three years.

A new coin celebrating the Leo is the first in the "Signs of the Zodiac" series from Macedonia.

The Central Bank of Barbados has ended delivery of new 1-cent coins, but the coin remains legal tender.

Many world coins depict masks because they serve as icons of ceremonies, rituals and performances dealing with many aspects of human life and culture.

The silver coins of northern Greece have long been admired for their fine artistry and for the inventiveness of their designs.

The Mint of Poland has issued a 2014 Proof silver $1 for Niue to celebrate the centennial of the opening of the Panama Canal.

An A.H. 77 (696 to 697 A.D.) gold dinar is the first purely Islamic coin. An Extremely Fine example highlights an Aug. 6 auction in London.

A popular Canadian photograph from World War II is to be recreated on a new circulating $2 coin from Canada set for release later this year.

The Royal Canadian Mint is planning a silver $200 coin to be issued at face value, joining silver $20, $50 and $100 coins already offered at face value.

Senna died during the seventh lap of the Grand Prix of San Marino when his car's steering column gave way and he hit Tamburello curve at 140 miles per hour.

The Royal Mint on July 8 released images and began selling the coin, which features a design used for silver and gold £10 coins released June 26.

A collection of coins being offered at auction in Chicago Aug. 1 and 2 is notable for its breadth of coins that are rare in high grades.

The majority of the coins were unearthed during an excavation in Reynard’s Kitchen cave in Derbyshire, after a member of the public came across the first four.

Canada marks the centennial of World War I with a Proof 2014 silver $100 coin showing Canadian soldiers as they embark on the trip to the front lines.

A new kilogram silver $250 coin from Canada with a mintage limit of 600 pieces shows two maple leaves in full colorful display.

The Royal Mint has issued 5-ounce and kilogram sized silver and gold coins marking the outbreak of World War I.

The second coin in the Royal Canadian Mint’s Butterflies of Canada series celebrates the red-spotted purple.

The Perth Mint concludes its series of five Proof Megafauna silver dollars with one showing the megalania.

The Perth Mint has issued a new high-relief Proof Kangaroo 1-ounce silver dollar, continuing a series of extra-thick coins struck on concave planchets.

On Aug. 14, the London Silver Market Fixing Company will discontinue administering the London silver fix.

Canada honors the contributions of women on a new Proof 2014 silver dollar marking the 75th anniversary of the declaration of World War II.

Canada celebrates the Majestic Moose with a Proof .99999 fine gold $350 coin released in 2014.

Canada's newest dinosaur silver $20 coin celebrates the most recent discovery in Canada, the Xenoceratops foremostensis.

Cuban coins promoting freedom around the turn of the 20th century were struck in the United States.

Australia's Perth Mint has issued a miniature, half-gram gold $2 Proof version of its annual Koala bullion coin.

A historic bank note vignette showing the "Lion of the Mountain" is celebrated on a new Proof silver $5 coin from Canada.

Australia's 1930 penny is a well-known Australian rarity. Two examples, including one a soldier carried during World War II, are in a July 8 to 10 auction.

Tokens recovered from Australia's 1857 Dunbar shipwreck highlight Downies Australian Coin Auctions' July 8 to 10, 2014, sale.

A new book updates research on tradesmen tokens of Great Britain and Ireland.

Silver and gold collector coins celebrating Donald Duck were released June 26, and only the silver coin remains available.

Denmark issued a silver 2-kroner coin from 1953 commemorates the campaign against tuberculosis in Greenland.

The New York World’s Fair of 1939 to 1940 produced fewer high quality medals than most of its predecessors.

A nest of Art Deco design may be found in the issues of the Society of Medalists, founded by arts patron, philanthropist and educator George Dupont Pratt.

Crimea Shield, awarded to German troops involved in the first, victorious phase of their invasion of the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941.

Leader in 1930s fashionable travel was Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, which released medals hailing the SS Champlain in 1932 and the SS Normandie in 1935.

Officials at the Bank of England Archive recently began making available to the public prison correspondence from banknote forgers to bank officials.

Coin World series profiles the continuous change of European and American medallic art in 19th, 20th centuries. Part III focuses on Art Deco's American arrival.

What auctioneers call the finest known example of the 1874 Burgers, Fine Beard pond coin realized $157,107 U.S. in a June 11 and 12 auction in London.

In his July Coin World cover feature, medal expert David T. Alexander traces the path of the Art Nouveau and Art Deco design movements through art medals.

The emperor Augustus (27 B.C. to A.D. 14) was arguably the most accomplished and influential man in Roman history.

A silver tetradrachm of Naxos, issued circa 460 B.C., led all bidding in Morton & Eden's June 10 and 11 auction.

Classical nudes, stylized symbols, abstract art, and more can all be found on Europe’s little ringed-bimetallic commemorative, the €2 coin.

Two silver coins in July 1 auction in Germany recall bloody end to Münster Rebellion of 1534.

One of the world's oldest coins, an example of the stater of Phanes, was sold June 5 in an auction in Germany.

A 1935 $25 commemorative note produced by the Bank of Canada will be among the highlights offered by Stack’s Bowers Galleries during its August ANA auction.

Coin World begins its multipart series on Art Nouveau and Art Deco written by David T. Alexander.

Latvia’s Folk Maiden design is rooted in a representation of freedom and, possibly, love. She appears on many circulating and collector coins for Latvia.

A new silver $5 coin from Cook Islands looks and smells like a chocolate bar.

Latvia’s Folk Maiden design is rooted in a representation of freedom and, possibly, love. She appears on many circulating and collector coins for Latvia.

Latvia's Folk Maiden design is rooted in a representation of freedom and, possibly, love. She appears on many circulating and collector coins for Latvia.

Themes for the Perth Mint's next product launch have been announced and include the 25th anniversary of the flagship Australia Kangaroo gold bullion program.

The Royal Canadian Mint has issued the fourth coin in the "$100-for-$100" series of silver coins available at face value.

Italy has issued the annual Brilliant Uncirculated set for 2014, with packaging and a 2-euro coin honoring Galileo Galilei.

A 1-cent canteen chit used in 1945 by German prisoners of work at a POW camp in Excursion Inlet, Alaska, is the only known example reported extant.

Bitcoin integration company BitPay announced an agreement with ESPN Events for naming rights of an NCAA bowl game in St. Petersburg, Fla.

New coins from the Pobjoy Mint for South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands feature the spectacled porpoise.

A 1966 nickel pattern 10-franc coin from Monaco, for the 10th wedding anniversary of Prince Ranier III and Princess Grace, is available in a July 10 auction.

An error coin from Spain's 1982 FIFA World Cup coin program, a copper-nickel 5-peseta piece, is in a July 10 auction.

After asking fatherly Facebook fans which coins they wanted earlier this month, Coin World wanted to know Monday morning which, if any, they actually received.

The Royal Mint has announced a Proof silver 5-pound coin to celebrate the first birthday of Prince George of Cambridge. The coin is available for pre-order now.

The Eid Mar or "Ides of March" silver denarius, one of the most famous ancient coins ever made, realized $517,000 in a June 3 auction.

New copper-nickel, silver collector coins from Hungary celebrate the founding of the company's national bank in 1924.

One of 30 examples of a World War II rarity from the Netherlands highlights a Toronto auction June 26.

A bronze 1837 medal of Queen Victoria was the genesis of the famous "Penny Black" stamp, and a more affordable option than a Mint example of the stamp.

An ancient silver tetradrachm of Syracuse in Sicily established a record price for a Greek silver coin at auction, realizing 2,737,000 Swiss francs.

Error coins and colonial tokens, including a 2000 Canadian $2 coin struck on a planchet for a Sacagawea dollar, highlight a June 26 to 28 auction in Toronto.

Lithuania is set to adopt the euro beginning Jan. 1, 2015, eight years after it first hoped to adopt the multinational currency.

A unique silver Anglo-Saxon penny, only the fourth known coin of the ruler, realized $130.922 U.S. in Dix Noonan Webb's June 11 auction.

Chinese-coin collectors had plenty to do and see at the Long Beach Coin, Currency, Stamp & Sports Collectible Expo earlier this month.

Latvia's first circulating commemorative 2-euro coin will celebrate Riga, the European Capital of Culture in 2014.

Passing along the numismatic hobby to younger generations is crucial to almost every collector, and the American Numismatic Society is trying to do its part.

A long time Mexican-coin collector has never found one for sale, even after a constant search on eBay and asking every dealer in Mexican coins he's ever met.

An 1849 bronze medal of the Hagia Sophia by engraver Jacques Wiener realized 1,495 Swiss francs (about $1,672 U.S.) May 23 in Sincona AG's auction No. 18.

The Mint of Poland has issued a new Proof silver $1 coin for Niue celebrating Yogi Bear.

Britain’s best "New Medallist" has won the rare opportunity to spend one week at the Royal Mint perfecting her art.

Two 19th century gold ducats from Munich sold at auction May 22 are part of a larger group of coins struck from alluvial gold harvested from rivers in Europe.

San Marino’s first 2-euro coin for 2014 celebrates architect Donato Bramante, marking the 500th anniversary of his death.

The 1907 Saint-Gaudens, High Relief, Roman Numerals double eagle, designed by Saint-Gaudens, is legendary for its beauty and is always popular with collectors.

The Monnaie de Paris has issued a domed coin, both in gold and silver, celebrating the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, which begins Thursday, June 12.

A rare gold dinar and previously unrecorded gold coin are among the highlights in Wilkes & Curtis' inaugural, online-only auction closing June 16.

The Upper Middle Rhine Valley is the subject of Germany's 2015 gold 100-euro coin in the annual series for UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Germany.

Germany plans to celebrate Sleeping Beauty in 2015 with the newest 10-euro coin in the Grimms' Fairy Tales series.

In 2015, Germany will celebrate the 25th anniversary of reunification with a circulating, commemorative 2-euro coin.

Spink USA is offering the second part of the Gerald Jackson Collection of British Pennies in a June 17 auction.

The Queen's Baton Relay for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow made a stop at the Royal Mint in Wales, where an athlete struck a circulating coin.

Jay Turner wrote on May 19 about the counterfeit, which was created by a transfer die method but lacks the contact marks that often signal a counterfeit.

The third Proof silver $20 coin in the Royal Canadian Mint's Great Lakes series shows Lake Erie.

The first Proof silver $20 coin from Canada's Baby Animals series celebrates the baby beaver in colorful style.

The second small gold coin in the Royal Canadian Mint's Sea Creatures series of Proof gold 50-cent coins celebrates the lined seahorse.

Canadian Voyageurs appear on the first Matte Proof silver $15 coin from the Royal Canadian Mint's new Exploring Canada subscription series.

Canada's haunted history is honored in a new coin series, beginning with the "Ghost Bride" at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Alberta.

Canada's new Proof half-ounce silver $10 coin marks the 70th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy, known as D-Day.

Australia's Perth Mint showcases the Great Barrier Reef on two new coins in the ongoing Land Down Under series.

A new collector silver dollar series from the Perth Mint celebrates vintage travel posters. The first issue shows an iconic Australian poster with a kangaroo.

The Perth Mint's newest Mother's Love Proof .999 fine silver 50-cent coin celebrates the giraffe. The coin, the third in a series of five, was released June 3.

Poseidon is the latest subject of the Perth Mint's Gods of Olympus series of two-ounce antique Proof silver $2 coins for Tuvalu.

A rare gold coin from Persia during the Mithradatic Wars realized three times its estimate in Classical Numismatic Group's May 14 auction.

Heritage Auctions announced May 28 that its auctions of world and ancient coins had already exceeded $39 million, topping total 2013 sales.

A new coin from Switzerland celebrates the national card game known as jass.

The coins, a fraction of the 580,000 that came from the sunken Spanish ship, are part of an exhibit at the Museum of Subaquatic Archaeology in Cartagena.

A new dollar coin from Australia celebrates the famous "G for George" bomber plane that flew 90 missions over Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II.

Cliches for a rare, early medal of import to Jewish history highlight William Rosenblum's auction No. 44A, which ends May 29.

British Virgin Islands authorities are investigating the unauthorized release of a Pope Francis commemorative piece.

Several artists created medals commemorating great French defeats with the same verve they had shown in marking Napoleon’s victories.

Many coins show Artemis of Ephesus, whose temple was one of seven wonders of the ancient world.

A rare token from the history of North American exploration and commercialization highlights Geoffrey Bell Auctions’ May 29 and 30 sale in Toronto.

A new exhibit at the British Museum explores the World War I experience through the eyes of German medalists.

As with the SS Central America coins, the SS Republic coins were marketed to collectors after being conserved.

Several high-quality ancient Greek coins depicting sea turtles highlight Chicago firm Harlan J. Berk’s 190th Buy or Bid sale.

Less than 10 years after the SS Central America was lost, another treasure-laden ship, the SS Republic, was sunk during by an 1865 Atlantic Ocean storm.

Ancient coins showing the head on a statue of Zeus at a temple in Olympia are rare and pricey.

When it comes to shipwrecks, gold coins have it lucky when compared to silver coins. Silver coins nearly always show evidence of their time in the sea.

New coins from the Isle of Man and Pobjoy Mint commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day assault on German-occupied Europe.

The restoration of shipwreck coins like the gold coins from the SS Central America made collectors debate the difference between conservation and cleaning.

The new release from the popular Deadly & Dangerous program from the Perth Mint and Downies is now available. 2014's coin honors the spider-hunting scorpion.

Though the Lighthouse of Alexandria was destroyed centuries ago, it stands tall to this day on ancient coins that are frequently offered at auction.

Google celebrates the 40th anniversary of Rubik's Cube with an interactive "Doodle" and coin collectors have a related 2002 coin from Hungary to consider.

Tyche-Fortuna was the protectress of ancient cities and a symbol of their prosperity. Depictions of her can be found on many ancient coins.

Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is the latest subject of a coin program celebrating 15 centuries of French rulers.

The Labrador retriever, one of America's most popular pooches, is honored on a new coin from Niue.

Finnish author Tove Jansson is the subject of a new circulating commemorative 2-euro coin, scheduled for release June 16.

Russia's takeover of Crimea will be glorified on a new circulating 10-ruble coin issued later in 2014.

An Edward VIII Proof gold sovereign established a record price for a coin of the United Kingdom during a May 8 auction.

Austria's new silver 20-euro coin honors the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Italy's newest silver 10-euro coin marks the 2,000th anniversary of the death of Roman Emperor Augustus.

Three rare late 19th-century coins from Kirin Province in China starred in A.H. Baldwin & Sons' Hong Kong auction April 3.

Dutch token, once misidentified as a communion token, reveals charity's work as a provider of food to the poor.

Five new silver, gold and platinum coins from Canada tell the story of a "Day in the Life" of the American Bald Eagle.

Silurians, a race of advanced reptilian humanoids, are the latest subjects in a coin series honoring British science fiction character Doctor Who.

A new Proof silver $20 coin shows a portion of the stained glass at Craigdarroch Castle in Victoria, British Columbia.

The medal features Putin’s portrait and a map of Crimea, a part of Ukraine before Russia took control in March after Crimean citizens voted to separate.

100 years ago, in late May 1914, Canada suffered its largest maritime peacetime disaster. Two new collector coins recall that tragedy.

Three new commemorative coins from the Royal Canadian Mint celebrate the 1939 Royal Visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Canada.

A commemorative 10-peso coin celebrates the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, which inspired today's Cinco de Mayo parties.

The fourth issue honoring Australia's prehistoric, giant animals is now available from the Perth Mint. The coin honors the Thylacoleo, a marsupial lion.

Two new silver Proof Wedge-Tailed Eagle coins from the Perth Mint follow the release of two sold-out issues earlier this year.

A new Kookaburra .9999 fine gold $2 coin is now available from the Perth Mint.

The Perth Mint's new annual Treasures of the World series honors Australia with coins holding lockets that encase pieces of the country's native gold.

One of the finest known examples of the most famous ancient Roman coin leads the June 3 auction from Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles.

Money scales housed in ornately designed boxes were used by merchants to detect counterfeit and clipped gold coins.

Before the screw press was invented, early coins were hammer-struck in the Hamburg, Germany area by placing planchets between dies mounted on a tree stump.

John Philip Holland, creator of the first modern U.S. submarine, is the subject of a Proof silver 15-euro coin due in September of 2014.

The Green Sea Turtle gold $100 coin from the Endangered & Extinct series has a mintage limit of 150 pieces, fitting for an animal as rare as the turtle.

The RCNA Convention, which runs from Aug. 12 to Aug. 17, will feature a 14-guest grading and preservation workshop.

The Eiffel Tower is honored on five new collector coins from the Monnaie de Paris.

Ireland's new gold collector coin recalls the Irish king who won the 1014 battle but lost his life.

Bitcoin drew attention of the general public but U.S. officials took legal measures to stop virtual currency saying it had ties to criminal network.

Buying coins in London during the 1960s offered the opportunity to buy coins from dealers and collectors alike.

Beginning in 2015, residents and visitors to the United Kingdom will be able to see where their coins are made when the Royal Mint opens a visitor center.

When Paul Kruger sought to win an election in 1892, he issued coins, which led to a major rarity in South Africa. A rare 1892 Proof set is up for auction.

A rare pond from Thomas Burgers' failed effort to issue coins in South Africa in 1874 highlights a May 14 and 15 Welz auction in Johannesburg.

Explorer Matthew Flinders published the first maps of Australia 200 years ago. A new coin from the Pobjoy Mint commemorates his groundbreaking work.

When Egypt's King Farouk got married in 1938, a series of gold coins celebrated the matrimony. The coins endure, unlike both the marriage and his reign.

The Royal Mint has been striking coins for more than 1,000 years, but English commemorative coins are a relatively new phenomenon.

The 1928 Auto dollar was among China's early commemorative coins that paved the way for a rich legacy of commemorative issues.

A silver dirham posing a puzzle to scholars of Islamic coins leads Morton & Eden's recent auction.

The Mint of Poland has a "yabba dabba doo" time with a new coin from Niue honoring the cartoon family The Flintstones.

A new coin from Niue celebrates Vincent van Gogh's 1888 painting Sunflowers.

A gold coin from the Late Roman Empire with a story of intrigue and revenge, and a Germanic connection, realized surprising results in March auction in Germany.

Germany's rich history of coin types and designs was highlighted in a March auction. Some of the variety: gold pattern, Mainz silver conventiontaler, klippes.

Silver coins of Greece are highly popular, with depictions of horses, eagles eating a rabbit, dolphins, etc. A recent auction reflects varied market results.

A set of four 1938 gold coins from Czechoslovakia realized nearly $400,000 U.S. in a March 2014 German auction.

The second silver £20-for-£20 coin from the United Kingdom will commemorate World War I, and have a lower mintage than the first in the series.

Pope John Paul II is being canonized April 27, and on April 15 the National Bank of Poland issued four coins honoring the new saint.

Which French general is honored on a bronze medal commemorative the return of Napoleon's body from the island of Saint Helena to France in 1840?

The author bought 20th century silver crowns or 5-shilling pieces for a few pounds each in the 1960s, about $3.25 in American money.

Stephen Album Rare Coins' 19th auction is May 15 to 17, 2014, at the offices in Santa Rosa, Calif. Ancient Islamic, Chinese, Indian, Arab-Byzantine coins.

Tanzania honors two popes with four new coins, including three available from a U.S. distributor.

Dimitriadus collection of ancient Roman gold coins was sold in a Chicago auction April 10 to 12, 2014.

The Singapore International Coin Fair 2014 attracted nearly 10,000 collectors and investors for the convention's fourth installment.

Gold shipwreck coins are Spanish, right? Not always: three Halsewell shipwreck English guineas are offered online in a Sedwick auction closing May 1 and 2 .

The Royal Mint altered the fineness of silver and gold Britannia bullion coins to .999 fine to compete in Asian and Indian markets where pure gold is coveted.

Royal Mint says its facility produces 15 percent of the world’s coinage and its global business was more than its next two competitors combined.

Britain's Royal Mint says its iSIS technology will allow cash handlers to sort through 4,000 coins a minute and pull out fakes.

For most of us a day trip or “staycation” to an exotic island resort is impossible, unless you happen to collect world coins.

Crispus, the eldest son and promising heir of the Emperor Constantine I “the Great,” was executed after having been condemned in a court of law.

Off the beaten path in the Welsh countryside, Britain’s Royal Mint is the center of coinage innovation in the U.K., and a world coin producing powerhouse.

A collection of Maltese coins of the Knights Hospitaller sold in a German auction in March 2014 at astonishing prices.

Fifty Phoenix and Dragon sets were made in 1990, a modern Chinese rarity. An example in a German auction realized about $111,300 U.S in March 2014.

Early machine-struck coins from China (some from 1897 struck on Schuler coin presses) highlighted a Chinese coin collection sold in a March 2014 German auction.

One of 56 examples struck, a 1938 gold 5 ducat from Czechoslovakia led bidding in a recent auction in Germany.

Five gold-plated nugget Latouche Island tokens sell for $14,101 in Nevada auction March 29, 2014.

New Zealand Mint coins celebrating Disney characters are selling out their limited mintage — but some remain available. Mickey Mouse is first.

Two longtime dealers whose names, Wilkes and Curtis, are well known in the British numismatic hobby have joined together to form a new auction house.

The Benchmark Collection of Australian pre-decimal coins has been graded and encapsulated by Numismatic Guaranty Corp.

In the early 1960s, Q. David Bowers made frequent trips to London where he made the rounds of the dealers to buy British and American coins.

Canada celebrates the World Baseball Classic in 2013 with several collector coins, including four silver coins showing positions on the diamond.

In 1994, Babe Ruth was honored on two coins from Liberia, an Uncirculated copper-nickel dollar and a Proof .999 fine silver $10 coin.

Numismatic Guaranty Corp. graded its 30 millionth coin in mid-April 2014, and is the first third-party coin grading service to reach this milestone.

The Perth Mint celebrates 100 years of "silent service" by Australia's submarines and the sailors on board with a new silver dollar.

On March 26, Taya Pobjoy, managing director of Pobjoy Mint, visited Vatican City and presented a coin from Seychelles to Pope Francis.

A unique silver penny of Æthelberht II is estimated to realize between £15,000 and £20,000 (about $25,104 to $33,472 U.S.) in a June 11 auction.

A new Proof .999 fine silver dollar from Tuvalu featuring the thorny devil, a lizard native to Australia, is the second in the Remarkable Reptiles series.

Canada expands its series of silver coins available at face value with a new "$50 for $50" coin showing the Polar Bear.

New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and the American Numismatic Society have released a new version of OCRE.

A rare pattern from India's early years of independence realized about $5,575 U.S. in a March 26 auction.

A new silver 5-ounce coin from Niue commemorates Australia's entry into World War I.

The Austrian Mint on May 7 is releasing the fifth 10-euro coin, dated 2014, in a series honoring each of the provinces. The newest honoree is Salzburg.

Q. David Bowers often went to the street market in Portobello Road in London in the early 1960s in the search of rare coins.

Israel has begun a new series of silver medals to commemorate the Ten Commandments.

The third issue in a series depicting Medieval Hungarian Gold Florins is now available.

Davissons Ltd. is conducting its fourth electronic auction, closing April 24.

A new electronic book explores the coins of Roman emperor Domitian. The book was written by Rasiel Suarez and is an update of a 2010 printed book.

Ancient coin firms Classical Numismatic Group and Nomos Ag have revived the Classical Numismatic Review, a fixed-price list and magazine about ancient coins.

After 60 years in one location, Munich auction house Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger is moving to a larger site.

The American Israel Numismatic Association has published decades of research for free at its website.

Canada has produced three Type II counterclashes, all of which are found in the first year of the Millennium 25-cent coin series of 1999 to 2000.

Steinberg’s Inc. recently released its Spring 2014 “Gold Coins of the World” fixed-price list including an extremely rare Mexican 1988 gold 500-peso coin.

An archive of items from Augustin and Narcisse Dupré realized $351,000 at an April 2 Bonhams auction in New York City. It was purchased by John Kraljevich.

A group of rare 19th century Russian silver coins discovered among a large group of mostly worn common coins will be sold at auction in London June 10.

“Salvaging Spanish Sunken Treasure,” the Bob “Frogfoot” Weller Summer Seminar, is scheduled to be conducted June 16 to 19 in Lake Worth, Fla.

Two new coins from the Royal Canadian Mint celebrate Pope John Paul II and his impending canonization.

Finland launches its only gold coin of 2014 on April 11. The €100 coin marks the 150th anniversary of the first Finnish mark coin, and coin collectors.

A 55-millimeter medal celebrates the 1801 Peace of Lunéville, and describes peace as “The Good Fortune of Europe.” Napoleon Bonaparte’s portrait appears.

A gold Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded to Argentinean Carlos Saavedra Lamas in 1936 brought just over $1.16 million at a March 27 auction in Baltimore.

The finest example of the Reddite Crown set two records in a March 27 auction, selling for £396,000 (about $657,818 U.S.), including the 20 percent buyer’s fee.

The U.S. Mexican Numismatic Association announced plans for its third convention and educational forum, to be held in Scottsdale, Ariz., from Oct. 16 to 18.

A large collection of gold sovereigns is entering the marketplace through A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd., in a May 8 auction.

Some obvious design features, including dragons and Chinese characters, made the author think the piece originated in China. Unfortunately, it was counterfeit.

World medals from throughout history celebrate the beauty and grandeur of zoos and their inhabitants.

Some of the rarest gold coins from Muslim Spain will be sold by Morton & Eden in its April 10 auction, “Important Coins of the Islamic World."

Canada’s newest silver $5 collector coin celebrates Alice Munro, the recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Tokens issued by the firms hired to work on the Suez and Panama canals are offered in Dix Noonan Webb’s April 2 and 3 auction in London.

A silver medal commemorating the successful recovery of treasure that sank in 1641 is part of Dix Noonan Webb’s April 2 and 3 auction in London.

The newest edition in a series of books published by Editions Gadoury focuses on the pattern and piedfort coins of France.

Some of the rarest world coins in the National Numismatic Collection are being better preserved thanks to Numismatic Guaranty Corp.

Ukraine has celebrated its zoos with two different coins in the last decade or so.

An experimental trial 25-pence example is offered in Dix Noonan Webb's April 2 and 3 auction in London.

Austria's newest commemorative coin celebrates the opening of a polar bear enclosure at Vienna's zoo this summer.

A new world coin includes DNA from a cheetah, giving the concept of animal ownership a new definition.

Lyn Knight Auctions has begun its 2014 Spring Coin Auction; it will extend through April 7, with the Internet-only auction beginning April 8 at 5 p.m. CT.

When the minting process goes smoothly, consumers are left with the design as it was intended to appear. That didn't happen here.

Ancients Today by David Vagi Special to Coin World anonymous Byzantine folles replaces the name and image of the emperor with Jesus Christ.

Going Topical by Rita Laws Special to Coin World many world commemorative and circulating coins carry lucky symbols.

To strike back against counterfeiters, the Royal Mint will soon be striking a new £1 coin in a ringed-bimetallic composition and with 12 sides.

The story of Noah's Ark, what may well be the world's oldest "zoo," is popular on world coins, including a series of bullion from Armenia.

Canada's 50-cent coin is no longer issued for circulation, but collector versions of the 2014 coin are available in limited quantities.

In 2017, the United Kingdom's small, round £1 coin will be replaced with a larger, ringed-bimetallic, 12-sided version with the latest security features.

A circa A.D. 80 to 81 orichalcum sestertius celebrating the Roman Colosseum’s construction highlights Heritage Auctions’ April 10 to 12 auction.

Two rare Asian coins from the collection of Swedish-born numismatist Åke Linden are being offered in the April 3 Hong Kong auction by A.H. Baldwin & Sons.

New coin holders pair Lighthouse Publications’ Quadrum coin storage system with patented Intercept Shield technology.

Umayyad gold dinars from the “Mine of the Commander of the Faithful” are historically significant Islamic gold coins, according to specialist Stephen Lloyd.

A “very rare” circa 1866 Chekiang Province brass cash pattern highlights A.H. Baldwin & Sons' April 3 auction in Hong Kong.

One of the most famous of all British crown coins is being offered at auction nearly 65 years after it was last sold - a Reddite crown.

Five bronze, gold-plated nugget tokens issued by Charles Sealey in Alaska will be offered at auction by Holabird Western Americana Collections.

A rare 1646 gold Dutch emergency coin recalls a failed effort at colonizing what is modern-day Brazil.

A new book details the history of gold coins and currencies over 25 centuries.

A gold Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded in 1936 will be a highlight of Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ March 27 auction in Baltimore.

St. James's Auctions recent sales marked a departure from working with A.H. Baldwin & Sons for auction administration.

Four more circulating 500-yen coins celebrating prefectures in Japan were released in February by the Japan Mint.

Berlin has become the ideal gathering place between East and West, bringing collectors of Russian coins together for auctions.

The University of Birmingham, Barber Institute of Fine Arts is seeking an Assistant Curator of Coins to manage Byzantine and medieval coins, seals and weights

A new two-volume work explores in rich detail the numismatic history of the English Civil War.

Colonial America by John Kraljevich Jr.

From the description inside the box it came in, the piece seems to be from 50 B.C. However, after doing some research, it doesn’t seem to match up.

Austria’s Mint returns to prehistoric times on March 19 with a coin celebrating the Cretaceous Period.

Some definite trends emerged from this year's World's Money Fair in Berlin.

Should Canada eliminate its 5-cent coin and add a $5 coin? A new study suggests those changes, and more.

China commemorates its successful moon landing with two commemorative coins.

Tuvalu celebrates movie star Charlie Chaplin with two new silver and gold coins.

China's 2014 Year of the Horse coins are now available in the United States.

Noted expert and photographer Gerald Hoberman has died.

17,000 examples of the 2014 Britannia 1-ounce silver £2 coins were struck with an obverse die intended for the Royal Mint’s inaugural Lunar bullion issue.

Numismatic authors Ronachai Krisadaolarn and Vasilijs Mihailovs were presented with the International Association of Professional Numismatists annual prize.

A selection medals will be offered by the German auction house Fritz Rudolph Künker with its March 13 auction of the Georg Baums Collection.

A third volume in an ambitious series on medieval European coinage is now available in the United States.

The Royal Canadian Mints series of silver $20 coins available at face value continues March 4 with the Bobcat coin.

Issue is 18th in Biblical Arts series

Collectors attend Berlin show looking for 2014 coins

Design forever linked with three Greek cities

King Getas silver octodrachm highlights sale

Austria honors artist on new 50euro

Mysterious raised ring errors on world coins

‘1635 coin’ is actually medal

Flinders’ Australia trip on coins

Australian 1920-S sovereign highlights nearly complete collection

Coins given to Canadian athletes, available to residents of Canada

Wide range of coins affected by imposition of import restrictions

Marks Eiffel's 125th anniversary

Circulating, commemorative coins usher in Sochi Games

Declining empire witnessed degradation of coinage

World mints race to strike coins for Chinese calendar

Former U.S. Mint engraver produces design of wedge-tailed eagle

Unauthorized coin strikes don't necessarily cost a fortune

Seleucid piece sells in auction

Municipal trade tokens highlight local elements

Nations welcome Prince George with multitude of commemoratives

Patriotic groups issued insignia

January auction to offer 3,500 lots of coins from around the globe