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.