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.