The first issue in Coin Invest Trust’s new Evolution of Life series, minted for Mongolia, celebrates ammonites in detail and high relief.

Spain continues its annual series of circulating commemorative €2 coins honoring the nation’s UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites.

A gold lifesaving medal from Prussia highlights Fritz Rudolf Künker’s Feb. 4 auction in Berlin.

Archaeologists digging in the royal Haihunhou cemetery in Nanchang City in eastern China unearth gold coins, gold sheets and gold ingots.

The wide realm of French numismatics includes two specialized areas, ESSAIs, and pieces of massive thickness called “piéforts.”

The range of topics available to collect through 50-cent or equivalent coins is broad, and could includes many topical themes.

When it comes to coins, collectors never forget the old. When a coin type is discontinued, they collect farewell issues and coin sets.

Queen Elizabeth II's coins made history, as the Royal Mint in March introduced a new definitive effigy of the queen for its coinage.

The Royal Canadian Mint and the Bank of Canada’s melt of a hoard of 1912 to 1914 gold coins is now complete.

The United Kingdom and several nations under the British sphere of influence issue 50-penny coins.

Euro coins are used by 330 million people daily, and include a decimal system using 50-cent coins from 19 countries.

The humble half dollars of the 20th and 21st centuries offer an array of beautiful, significant designs giving collectors a global goal for a new collection.

One of the challenges we face at ANACS is making an authentication determination when we have only a single specimen to study.

The Bank of Lithuania has made a very interesting call when it comes to honoring it’s first central banker, Vladas Jurgutis.

Latvia has issued a commemorative silver €5 coin to celebrate the 500th anniversary of an important coin.

Slovakia’s Carpathian Mountains are home to Beech forests designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which is now honored on a Proof .900 fine gold €100 coin.

A tyrannosaurus Rex will soon appear on the latest coin in the $20-for-$20 silver coin program.

Poland’s latest collector coin highlights a historic coin from the 15th century, and is the eighth coin in a series depicting classic currency.

JSN.org is reporting that the band of students found three Hasmonean dynasty coins last week while on an an archaeological dig during Hanukkah.

A rare gold coin from Portugal’s efforts to capture control of Goa in 1510 highlights Classical Numismatic Group’s Jan. 6 and 7 auction in New York City.

The Singapore Mint has launched sales its 2016 Year of the Monkey coins to mark the Lunar, or Chinese Zodiac, calendar, including coins for Bhutan.

The Austrian Mint marks the 60th anniversary of the Vienna Opera Ball with a colorful silver €20 coin.

An important collection of Dutch “Little Ship shilling” gold coins was a highlight of Schulman b.v.’s Nov. 20 and 21 auction, the firm’s 349th in its history.

The Grove Minting Company commemorates the 250th anniversary of the 1766 silver half-thaler from the German state of Friedberg.

If you've ever wondered what a big box of silver Panda coins looks like, here's your answer, courtesy of Panda America.

For the 2016 version, the Panda coins are offered in gram weights instead of being based on the troy ounce standard in other worldwide bullion coins.

An announcement of a shipwreck off Colombian coastal waters — if true — could have a tremendous effect on numismatics, shipwreck exploration and archaeology.

Two challengers gave rise to Septimius Severus during the Year of Five Emperors, leaving a numismatic legacy that in many cases is rare.

Septimus Severus' long reign includes beating back pair of rivals to the empire, and issuing many coins.

Latvia’s Nesting Stork design — which first appeared on a 1-lats coin in 2001 — is making its return, on a circulating commemorative €2 coin.

The assassination of Pertinax ushered in what author David Vagi considers the lowest event in Roman history, as Didius Julianus purchased the top spot.

An example of the delicate balance between artistry and servitude is an 1817 silver 3-guilder pattern, which sold Nov. 20 during Schulman B.V.’s auction.

The Royal Mint is expanding its series of silver coins at face value. The mint on Nov. 30 announced the “£50 for £50” coin.

Sharp-eyed collectors find many a mystery at coin conventions and events featuring historical objects, such as at gun shows.

The Perth Mint has opened a secure online trading platform allowing investors to store metal at the mint and trade at any time, day or night.

One of the finest known of the Heart silver 8-real cobs struck at the Potosi Mint realized $100,000 during Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC’s Oct. 29 auction.

The third volume in author Yossi Dotan’s Watercraft on World Coins trilogy is ready for ordering.

The Pobjoy Mint has issued new coins on behalf of Ascension Island to commemorate the 275th anniversary of the composition of anthem Rule, Britannia!

A silver medal from the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War sold in Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ Nov. 5 to 10 auction, realizing $2,585, with a 17.5 percent buyer’s fee.

Some are so outlandish that it strains credulity to think that they are the product of human error or spontaneous equipment malfunction.

The Pobjoy Mint has issued a "dished" coin to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta.

A mule with an elephant and two lions sounds like the start of a bad zoological joke, but describes a lot in Heritage Auctions’ Hong Kong auction Dec. 10 to 12.

Andorra will issue two circulating commemorative €2 coins before year's end. One marks the Customs Agreement with the European Union, the other the voting age.

The volcano Mount Vesuvius appears in ultra high relief on an Antique Finish 2015 2-ounce .999 fine silver $2 coin from Niue.

Swiss archaeologist Georg Matter noted that the coins were new when they were buried, and in a place that has always been farmed on, never built on.

One of the most mysterious of Chinese coins is the circa 1912 “Big Beard” dollar. The “Big Beard Dollar” highlights Champion Auctions' Dec. 6 sale in Macau.

Early Byzantine solidii are among the most affordable ancient gold coins.

Every nation on Earth has annual festivals and many of these are commemorated on coins.

The Perth Mint honors the television series Star Trek: Enterprise with two new silver dollar coins from Tuvalu.

The year 193 became known as the Year of Five Emperors as a procession of men vied for the title. Many of their coins are rare, but they aren't out of reach.

It’s time to catch up on the week that was in numismatic insights and news. Coin World is looking back at its five most-read stories of the week.

A Chinese pattern from the 12th century is a highlight of Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio’s Hong Kong auction.

An undated (1898) silver 50-cent pattern from Shensi, China, was struck at the Heaton Mint in Birmingham, England.

War and battle, birthdays and farewells are some of the themes announced for the United Kingdom’s 2016 circulating commemorative coins.

New Jerusalem, as described in the Bible in the book of Revelation, is the final theme for the six-coin series of $2 from the Scottsdale Mint.

A California dealer recently discovered a fake Proof gold Krugerrand in a fake Numismatic Guaranty Corporation holder.

The Worldwide Bimetallic Collectors Club, a group of collectors interested in coins that are ringed bimetallic issues, has issued its 1,000th weekly newsmail.

The Royal Canadian Mint has partnered with the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing to issue a limited edition silver medal.

NGC has certified a rare gold mohur Nazarana, or presentation piece, of King George VI. The Indian coin is coming to auction.

The New Year’s Special Uncirculated €5 silver coin issued by the Austrian Mint features the New Year’s concert performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

The Portuguese State Mint is issuing a single Proof gold and silver €2.5 coin that has connected parts, with half of the coin in gold and half in silver.

The coins unearthed were among "more than 10,000 other gold, bronze and iron items ... along with jade articles, wood tablets and bamboo slips."

Denmark’s most expensive coin is actually from Norway. Auction house Bruun Rasmussen sold the unique 1658 silver 2 speciedaler Nov. 3.

The Isle of Man’s 2015 Christmas gold Angel coin with drum privy mark completes the 12-year series honoring the “Twelve Days of Christmas” song.

British Antarctic Territory is the issuer of 2015 £2 coins marking the centennial of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914 to 1917.

A 1914 silver ruble of Russia marking the Battle of Gangut is a key to Russia's silver ruble commemorative series.

The Royal Canadian Mint continues to issue hockey-themed coins, in 2015 celebrating hockey goaltenders.

Lithuania has confirmed that it will commemorate the Lithuanian language on a 2015 circulating €2 coin.

A bucket of more than 5,200 coins found by Paul Coleman in December 2014 is now an official treasure.

Monaco on Nov. 1 will issue a circulating commemorative ?2 coin to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the castle fortress rising about the skyline.

Though dated 1231 in Roman numerals, a pseudo-medieval medal was actually struck circa 1576 to 1657, for the Holy Roman Empire.

Islamic Coins and their Values, Volume 1: The Mediaeval Period, by Tim Wilkes, is now available for pre-order and is published by Spink.

The Royal Australian Mint celebrates the centennial of the famous poem "In Flander Field" with a colorful circulating commemorative $2 coin.

The European Court of Justice ruled last week that Bitcoin can now be bought and traded throughout the European Union free of tax.

Since ancient times coins have been used in jewelry, and today, some of the finest and most expensive jewelry incorporating coins is produced by Bulgari.

Canada's Summit Series in 1972 was a pivotal moment in ice hockey history, and a 1997 coin celebrates the anniversary.

Among the least studied of all medals of the long-ruling House of Habsburg are the coin-relief issues that appear occasionally on the numismatic market.

Canada’s most celebrated individual hockey player, Wayne Gretzky, nicknamed “The Great One,” appears on coins.

In 2009, the RCM issued a circulating dollar to celebrate the centennial of the 1909 founding of the Montreal Canadiens.

Silver Athenian tetradrachms may be the most iconic ancient Greek coins. A particularly nice example of this coinage highlighted Nomos Ag’s Oct. 9 auction.

It is no secret that as a roll searcher I have my favorites among the denominations of coin rolls that I like to look through.

A large silver medal from Great Britain was struck in 1687 from metal recovered from the wreck of a Spanish treasure ship that wrecked in 1641.

Oct. 30 in London, London Coin Galleries and Künker offer the Preussag Collection of multiple-thaler (löser) and mining coins, the largest ever offered.

The National Bank of Hungary has issued three coins to commemorate the 425th anniversary of the first complete translation of the Bible into Hungarian.

A proposal to rename the Australian dollar after a popular Simpson's reference has received some support.

The Perth Mint has issued three 2015 coins from Tuvalu to commemorate the movie trilogy Back to the Future.

The National Hockey League was founded in 1917, and by 1926 was the only major hockey league remaining from the turbulent early days of the sport.

The Canadian coin market has remained fairly stable in the last few months. Collector coins continue to trade at current levels with supply and demand balanced.

Gold dinar of Farrukhzad is one of the highlights of the numismatic collection of the Egyptian National Library.

Coins trace the life and death of Maximian, a trusted friend of emperor Diocletian and eventual co-ruler of the Empire.

One hundred and fifty years ago, the USA outlawed slavery. Each nation has a different abolition history to commemorate on coins and medals.

A gold solidus of Majorian, issued circa 458 to 461, highlights Editions Victor Gadoury’s Nov. 14 auction in Monaco.

Canada’s third and final coin in the Lost Ships in Canadian Waters series honors a modern ship that wrecked in Lake Superior 40 years ago.

After numerous organizations and churchgoers helped spread the word, people showed up in bundles to donate.

Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., will not be holding a Gemini auction at the upcoming 2016 New York International Numismatic Convention.

To mark the 475th anniversary of the birth of Sir Francis Drake, Pobjoy Mint is releasing new coins on behalf of the British Virgin Islands Government.

The People’s Bank of China has issued a set of commemorative coins to commemorate the 70th anniversary of victory in World War II.

Germany will celebrate the 175th anniversary of its national anthem in 2016 with a commemorative silver €20 coin.

Germany’s first Nobel Prize laureate, Nelly Sachs, is slated to be honored with a €20 coin released in April.

The Perth Mint showcases the awful arachnid redback spider on a new .999 fine silver dollar from an annual series of map-shaped coins.

A colorful fall scene graces the reverse of a new Proof Autumn Express .9999 fine silver $20 coin from Canada.

A Chinese "money tree" containing cast bronze Chinese cash coins was a highlight in Stephen Album Rare Coins’ Sept. 10 to 12 auction.

A 2015 circulating commemorative €2 coin from Greece marks the 75th anniversary of death of runner Spiridon “Spyros” Louis.

Latvia has announced October plans to release a circulating commemorative €2 coin depicting the black stork.

The Royal Mint has announced plans to strike coins commemorating the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt.

Cayman Islands Prep and High School students brought in extra loose change and held fundraisers for cancer research, raising $12,000 overall.

The Royal Mint has struck a special Remembrance Day Alderney £5 coin featuring the poppy to honor servicemen and women who lost their lives in war.

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank in October will issue a colorful circulating commemorative $1 coin struck by the Royal Canadian Mint.

A new book celebrates one of the most famous world trade coins, the ducat. Gold Ducats of the Netherlands, Vol. 1, by Dariusz F. Jasek, was released Sept. 19.

A 2015 $2 coin in the name of Cook Islands visibly explains the relationship between space and time, as created by scientist Hermann Minkowski.

An example of the marquee Proof set of Queen Victoria has established a record price at auction for a Proof set from her lengthy reign.

A silver medal honoring the Battle of Boyne's victor, King William realized £6,240 ($9,642 U.S.), during a Sept. 23 auction by A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd.

Princeton University's Firestone Library has acquired the Schaaf Collection of Sasanian coins, from an ancient empire whose area is occupied by Iran and Iraq.

The fourth issue in the Royal Dutch Mint's series of coins honoring the nation's UNESCO World Heritage Sites showcases the Van Nelle Factory.

A silver medal from 1844 shows Sir Thomas Gresham, the economist identified with the economic principle called Gresham's Law.

Collectors of U.S. political items are served by American Political Items Collectors, but there has traditionally been little interest in foreign collectibles.

The Austrian Mint on Oct. 28 will issue the third Proof .986 fine gold €100 coin in the “Wildlife in Our Sights” program.

The Royal Mint continues its Shengxiào Collection with coins celebrating the Lunar Year of the Monkey, which starts Feb. 8, 2016.

Medals, orders, and decorations earned by Sir Ernest Shackleton for polar exploration are headed to auction.

A debased gold stater in Nomos Ag’s auction No. 11, scheduled for Oct. 9, highlights the connections between the Celtic and Greek cultures.

An 1895 gold off-metal strike of the British Trade dollar led all bidding during an Aug. 27 auction in Hong Kong.

The Scottsdale Mint is trying to make coin collectors an offer they can’t refuse, issuing two Proof silver $2 coins for the movie franchise The Godfather.

World mints are constantly striving to advance the technology of coin security, to stay at least one step ahead of the counterfeiter.

Egypt’s opening of a new Suez Canal project is now celebrated with a circulating commemorative ringed-bimetallic 1-pound coin.

German auction firm Fritz Rudolph Künker continues to bring thousands of coins and medals to the market in its week-long auctions events.

I recently encountered my first foreign edge strike in the form of an undated aluminum India 10-paise coin with a design that was minted between 1983 and 1993.

Great Britain produced an 11-coin set in 1887 to celebrate the 50th year of Queen Victoria’s reign, commonly referred to as the Jubilee design.

World coin issuers can shoot for the moon with space-themed coins, and the future looks bright.

Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio has hired Zhou Shou Yuan as its Executive Consignment Director in China.

A statue of the goddess of love, Aphrodite, is featured on a 2015 Proof .925 fine silver €5 coin from Cyprus.

All eyes will be on numismatics in Berlin when the 17th Numismata show opens its doors. A joint international coin and philatelic fair invites visitors.

A historic reign more than 63 years in the making is the subject of four new coins from the Pobjoy Mint.

The Austrian Mint’s series of silver coins designed by children continues with the Oct. 7 release of a coin for the eastern province of Burgenland.

Mike Gasvoda is selling many of his ancient Roman coins of the 12 Caesars and shifting his focus to other ancient coins.

Vikings: Gods, Kings and Warriors is a 15-coin series struck by the Scottsdale Mint and available exclusively through American Precious Metals Exchange.

A highlight of Fritz Rudolph Künker’s auction No. 267 is a silver example of the shooting talers or shooting medals from Saxony.

Technology is being used to shape coins to resemble constellations and to even to include pieces of meteors that crashed through the Earth's atmosphere.

The last living sovereign to have served in uniform during World War II now appears on a 2015 coin marking the anniversary of the war.

Of the myriad themes depicted on modern world issues, astronomy and space are certainly among the most popular.

Though electrum was used exclusively for the earliest coins, the greatest production of electrum coinage in Asia Minor continued much later.

As of now, the Longest Reigning Monarch £20, designed by Stephen Taylor, leads the way by a significant amount with 37 percent of the vote.

This highly detailed $100 gold coin is impressive

These coins will be unique to the Cook Islands, coming in all sorts of shapes.

'Vol. 2' is essential for any serious collector in this historic region of Europe.

Designs marking the centenary of Ireland's Easter Rising adorn €2 coins for circulation in January and gold and silver Proof coins available in March 2016.

Australia, Britain and Canada issue coins celebrating the record reign of QUeen Elizabeth II.

As you probably know by know, Queen Elizabeth II this week surpassed Queen Victoria to become the longest reigning UK monarch.

The Armenian Numismatic Society has published Metrology of Copper Coinage of Sophene and Armenia, by Y. T. Nercessian, 8.5 x 11 inches, $33.00 + shipping.

There's plenty to excited about at the September 17-19 Long Beach Expo

This coin is quite valuable for a multitude of reasons.

The discovery of a Roman coin hoard in Leominster, near the Welsh border, is a reminder that Roman soldiers were a common sight in the West Midlands region.

The New Zealand All Blacks, a widely revered rugby organization, is honored with a unique coin, the first of its kind, shaped like the team jersey.

Zagreb sculptor Emil Bohutinski executed the medals soon after Kennedy’s Nov. 22, 1963, assassination.

The coffin shaped packaging adds an eerie flair to this set.

Canada celebrates a connection to scientist Albert Einstein on a Proof 2015 silver $100 collector coin. Canadian Yousuf Karsh took the photo on the reverse.

Prue Fitts has authored a book aimed to give beginners an easy introduction to the complex, sometimes confusing series of coins issued under Byzantine rule.

Voters may select from five categories, with five designs submitted for consideration in each category for a total of 25 designs

According to Daily Mail UK, Barclays will the first to accept Bitcoin, and will begin doing so later this year.

Queen Elizabeth II will soon become the longest reigning monarch in British history, and the Royal Mint is celebrating with several commemoratives.

At the 2015 ANA World's Fair of Money in Rosemont, Ill., in August, Daniel Frank Sedwick discussed his firm's upcoming world coins auction.

The Royal Mint has a tradition of issuing medals for royal occasions, including accessions to the throne and anniversaries, like the 2002 Golden Jubilee.

The Telegraph reports that nearly 40 percent of the UK population believe they will not be using cash for any purchases by the year 2025.

A second high-profile shakeup in South Pacific currency, as abetted this summer by the Royal Australian Mint, occurred in Vanuatu.

The final Birds of Prey 1-ounce silver bullion $5 coin from Canada is now available.

Superman flies again on Canadian coins, and this time, a lot more collectors will be able to collect him.

The American Revolution Bicentennial was celebrated by a flood of commemorative medals issued by federal, state, county and local jurisdictions.

This treasure could turn into one of the more prized shipwrecks in recent history

An important consideration in authentication is determining if a given coin is valuable enough to attract the attention of a counterfeiter.

The International Association of Professional Numismatists held its annual congress from May 28 to June 1, 2015, in New Orleans, La.

A new color is appearing in the Pobjoy Mint’s colored titanium coin series.

Pobjoy Mint has released a new coin on behalf of the British Antarctic Territory featuring the hourglass dolphin.

ach collector has to decide whether to buy a coin in its original packaging or an already graded example, or to submit an ungraded coin for grading.

Ahead of acquiring 21 coins for display, the Bucks County Museum is moving to raise money that would be used to obtain more than 5,200 coins uncovered in 2014.

Darth Vader, who is a Jedi who falls to the Dark Side and one of the greatest movie villians of all time, is again appearing on new coins.

Roman emperor Trajan used coins to celebrate his conquests across the years.

An extremely rare Pattern £5 gold coin designed as George III lay dying in 1820 is expected to sell for £200,000 to £250,000 in a London auction.

Coin grading services are grading ever-increasing numbers of modern world coins.

The wizards at the Royal Australian Mint and the Perth Mint really know silver, and collectors have taken notice.

The 20 coins are a small portion of the 5,251-piece hoard of 10th and 11th century coins unearthed last December and valued at £1.3 million

Collectors of modern world coins take different collecting approaches. Some will only buy coins that are in original packaging, and others want graded examples.

In recent years the market for modern coins has exploded. In part, this reflects the changing demographics of numismatics as new collectors join the hobby.

The first dedicated coinage of Scotland marked the debut of milled coinage for Scotland, and the first specific coins intended for circulation there.

ModernCoinMart staff designer Charles D. Daughtrey is out to honor not only great coin designs but the people who created them.

British Airways has turned one of its hangars into a giant coin display. 600,000 coins were put together to celebrate the beginning of the discount season.

A new $20 coin could shape a different future for Canadian coins. On Aug. 4, the RCM issued a Proof .9999 fine silver coin shaped like a maple leaf.

The 1715 Treasure Fleet was a group of mainly Spanish galleons bound from Havana to Spain, where the gold they contained would support the Spanish crown.

1715 Fleet Queen Jewels, the company that owns salvage rights to the wreck, made the recovery on July 30, the 300th anniversary of the 11-ship wreck.

San Marino honors the anniversary of Germany's reunification on a 2015 commemorative €2 coin.

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation, Numismatic Conservation Services and Paper Money Guaranty have chosen a Japanese firm as official submission center in Japan.

A 1927 pattern dollar for Sun Yat-Sen highlights Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio’s Aug. 24 to 26 auction in Hong Kong.

The Vatican City will issue a 2015 commemorative €2 coin in October for the VIII World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia.

Coin designer Adolph A. Weinman, who designed some of America’s most memorable coins, appears on the latest coin from Tuvalu.

Niue honors palace in Vienna on two-ounce silver coin

Tonga issued a set of five new 2015 dated coins for circulation to mark the coronation of King Tupou VI.

Monaco’s first gold coin since 2008 is selling fast. The Proof .900 fine gold €100 coin marks the 10-year anniversary of Prince Albert II’s reign.

The Mint of Finland’s second ringed-bimetallic €5 coin in a nine-coin sport series celebrates basketball.

The Austrian Mint celebrates composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of Austria’s favorite sons, and “A Life in Three Acts,” with a three-coin set.

A reader appears to have found a common copper-nickel 500-peso coin from 1988, and not a more rare gold version celebrating the nation's oil industry.

Indian 1-rupee coin has combination of die alignment problems: vertical misalignment, horizontal misalignment and a rotated die error.

India, birthplace of the physical, spiritual and mental practice known as yoga, marks the first International Day of Yoga with a circulating commemorative coin.

Five-ounce silver, gold coin design reflects wartime setting for artist's 2011 statue at Croix Rouge Farm.

Heritage Auctions has joined forces with the Dutch auction house MPO Auctions to form Heritage Auctions Europe, based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Britain’s best-known royal building, Buckingham Palace, is being honored on a Brilliant Uncirculated 2015 silver £100 commemorative coin.

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation has graded a large-sized gold medallion of Constantine I (A.D. 307 to 337) that may be unique. Bonhams will offer it Sept. 14.

A circa 325 to 323 B.C. gold distater of Alexander III (the Great) was likely used by the ruler of the Macedonian kingdom to pay his soldiers.

A Proof 1832 bronze half anna pattern from the British East India Company sold in Spink’s July 15 auction in London.

Hobbyists around the world are fighting proposed regulations on cultural property in Germany.

More than 50 gold coins and 40 feet of gold chain have been pulled up from the site of the 1715 Treasure Fleet shipwrecks off the coast of Florida.

Tiny silver slivers that are crudely struck turns out to be Russian wire money.

Gold estimated at worth $1 million was recently brought up from the site of the 1715 Treasure Fleet shipwrecks off the Florida coast, according to CBS News.

The War of the Spanish Succession, 1700 to 1714, was a true world conflagration that pitted the major European powers against each other.

A silver medal marking Napoleon's capitulation at the Battle of Paris was a highlight of A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd.’s June 23 Military auction No. 5 in London.

A rare, possibly unique, 1591 silver taler from Trier, Germany, is a highlight of Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio’s Aug. 12, 14 and 17 world coin auction.

One of the Royal Canadian Mint’s newest collector coins is the first to combine color, glow paint and borosilicate fine-art colored glass.

Slovakia will honor the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ludovít Štúr with a circulating commemorative €2 coin.

The Prospero Library on ancient coins will be offered for sale in a fixed-price list in September.

The ethnic groups of Kurds formed an entity known as Kurdistan which has issued fantasy coins.

A symbolic groundbreaking July 14 opened construction of the Schuler Innovation Tower at Göppingen, Germany. The company makes coin presses among other things

Germany in 2016 will began a six-year series of gold €20 coins honoring the nation’s domestic birds.

The medieval-era Danube River town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof is the theme for Germany’s 2016 .9999 fine gold €100 coin in its UNESCO site series.

The private Pobjoy Mint celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2015. The British firm was founded by Derek Pobjoy.

Germany’s first commemorative silver €20 coin to be offered at face value will celebrate the tale of Little Red Riding Hood.

The second volume in the four-volume Whitman Encyclopedia of Mexican Money series is now available.

The Hutt River Province, if not the most prolific coin-issuing secessionist state in history, is among the top contenders.

The most famous unrecognized state probably is Sealand, founded as a sovereign principality in 1967 in international waters off the coast of Britain.

A rodeo and western gathering in Quebec, Canada, has issued its first collectible trade token.

Luxembourg’s newest commemorative €2 coin marks the 125th anniversary of the House of Nassau-Weilburg, the governing family of the tiny, wealthy nation.

This five coin set depicts 5 different Shinkansen train lines on the obverse of the coins.

Images of a gold coin hoard and its recovery in Germany were released on July 17.

The Kingdom of Bermania is all in fun, and perhaps all in the mind of Connecticut coin dealer Allen Berman.

Among the impressive ancient Greek coins are silver tetradrachms struck by independent cities in the second century B.C., with reverse designs within a wreath.

The muskox is the sixth animal honored in the Royal Canadian Mint’s Wildlife in Motion series.

Most people would be hard-pressed to find Kurdistan or Bermania on a map, because these and other similar “nations” which have issued "coins," don’t exist.

The creative use of metal, including pace-age metals, ringed-bimetallic compositions, and embedded metals, is a big part of making modern world coins.

A metal detectorist in Germany discovered the find of a lifetime, 217 gold coins buried likely during World War II or shortly after.

In 1935, New Zealand honored the Waitangi treaty with one of the most famous type coins of the 20th century — the Waitangi crown.

What at first appeared to be a centered double strike to Coin World columnist Mike Diamond was actually a different, very rare error.

The Pobjoy Mint’s Proof 2015 .999 fine silver $10 coin celebrating Mount Rushmore has a concave reverse that features the monument in ultra-high relief.

Canada plans circulating 25-cent, $2 coins honoring ‘In Flanders Fields’ author

When India’s Bombay Mint opened in 1828, a medal was issued to celebrate.

A Roman coin sold in Schulman B.V.'s July 3 auction is proof that ancient Roman coins, even showing woman, are affordable and available.

Publisher Gadoury has just released the 22nd edition of Monnaies Françaises, a hardcover book exploring French coins from 1789 to 2015.

The Scottsdale Mint showcases the Ten Commandments as the fourth 2015 silver coin released in the company's Biblical silver coin series.

Coin World provides a quick look at what's happening in the world of numismatics.

The 10th issue in a series honoring Hungarian inventors celebrates the birth anniversary of a man who improved firefighting technology in Hungary.

Two new coins from the Perth Mint feature the television program "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."

The Royal Mint has struck a special edition United Kingdom Proof .925 fine silver £5 coin to mark the second birthday of Prince George of Cambridge on July 22.

The Perth Mint is celebrating the 150th anniversary of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with two new .999 silver coins.

There're plenty of interesting bits today in the world of numismatics

Belgium plans to celebrate the European Year for Development in 2015 with a circulating commemorative €2 coin.

A famous image of a supplicant slave pleading for mercy became a famous motif of the anti-slavery movement in the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Bonhams announces upcoming sale of the 1934 Nobel Prize Gold Medal for Physiology or Medicine awarded to George R. Minot in 1934.

Any bank account with a balance from $0 to $175,000,000,000,000,000 (175 quadrillion) in Zimbabwe funds will receive a flat payment of $5 in U.S. funds.

France is issuing a circulating commemorative €2 coin celebrating the 225th anniversary of the Fête de la Fédération (Festival of the Federation), in July.

The Royal Mint has unveiled designs for a 2015 £5 coin that celebrates the christening of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.

A Russian coin received Coin of the Year honors in an annual coin contest sponsored by a Russian numismatic publishing company.

The Austrian Mint has plans to issue a circulating commemorative €2 coin in 2016 honoring the bicentennial of the Austrian National Bank.

The Greek debt crisis has led to a major increase in the Royal Mint's sale of gold Sovereign bullion to Greek customers, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The Perth Mint has made available a limited edition Proof 2015 Half Sovereign gold coin that has a mintage of just 1,500.

The Royal Mint is starting to hear that residents are seeing the new portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on their change.

The Royal Canadian Mint has finally melted 245,000 gold coins from a Bank of Canada hoard that was announced in November of 2012.

The Pobjoy Mint and the Isle of Man have jointly issued two crown coins to mark the bicentennial of the Battle of Waterloo.

Long before Y2K, a coin design invoked a benediction to God as a populace was in panic for the approaching millennium.

Qatamon (also spelled Katamon) is a wealthy neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem, which until early 1948 was home to many families of Palestinian Arab notables.

The Royal Mint will issue coins to mark the July 5 christening of Princess Charlotte, just as it did in 2013 for the christening of Prince George.

The Mexico silver 8-real coin was a standard trade unit during the 1700s and 1800s.

It didn't take long for world mints to mimic the early issuers of 5-ounce silver coins, and today many nations regularly offer 'hockey puck" coins.

A token from the Onchan Internment Camp, where many German Jews were sent during World War II, recalls a painful episode in history.

Heritage Auctions announces an expansion to Hong Kong, hiring Kenneth Yung as director of Asian operations.

A pair of bronze drachms from a Zodiac series issued in Roman Egypt are offered in Classical Numismatic Group's July 1 e-auction.

Charlotte's christening and Pilgrims landing coins are among buzz topics today.

When mints issued 5-ounce silver coins, it wasn't with a trickle but a big splash, as three different issues in 1986 broke ground for coins of this size.

The humpback whale now appears on a 2015 coin issued by the Pobjoy Mint for the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands.

World Money Fair organizers are warning potential attendees that outside scammers are targeting them to obtain credit card and financial information.

Silver Gold Bull is proud to present the 2015 ½ oz Calgary Stampede Silver Coin, celebrating the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth!

Once Panama paved the way for large silver coins, it was only a matter of time before a nation issued a 5-ounce silver coin.

Gold Corporation, operator of The Perth Mint, announces the appointment of Donald Mackay-Coghill as its new chairman, and Richard Hayes as its new CEO.

The first sole female ruler in the Byzantine Empire, Irene, was ineffective and ultimately ousted. Her coins remain as a testament to her rocky reign.

Roman coins are known for serving as a 'portrait gallery,' but one element that was also changing relates to the headgear worn by people shown on the coins.

Panama's silver 20-balboa coins of the 1970s, struck by the Franklin Mint, were not 5 ounces, but paved the way for coins of that size in the following decade.

2015 silver Britannia coins featuring a Lunar privy mark honoring the Year of the Sheep are available from an exclusive distributor.

Since the first 5-ounce silver coin was issued in 1986, more than two dozens nations, the United States of America included, have issued these size coins.

Many modern coins are issued for pander and make a profit, often leaving collectors to scratch their heads.

CCG paper money and coin grading and conservation firms open four new official submission centers in China: Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and Xi’an.

The Pobjoy Mint is celebrating Capt. James Cook's discovery of South Georgia by issuing a coin for South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands.

Avdat, a city on the ancient incense route, is the latest subject of a commemorative coin series recognizing UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Israel.

Circulation demand for South Korea's highest denomination circulation coin, the 500-won, has been driven, in part, by a 2,500-won increase in cigarette taxes.

The Hungarian Mint showcases the Danube River and the Alpine longhorn beetle on silver and copper-nickel 2015 coins for one of the nation's national parks.

The Royal Mint shows what coins were circulating when the document was sealed in 1215.

Here's a brief overview of what's happening in the world of numismatics.

When one pope's term ends, temporary coinage is issued. An example of this Sede Vacante issue from 1655 was recently sold by Heritage Auctions.

The Royal Canadian Mint shows the scimitar cat, baer teeth and all, on two 2015 silver and gold commemorative coins.

South Korea plans to mark a milestone later in 2015. issuing three collector coins for the 70th anniversary of the nation's liberation after World War II.

The Mint of Finland is launching a new series of circulating commemorative €5 coins celebrating sports. The first coin in the series celebrates gymnastics.

A new circulating commemorative 25-cent coin in Canada celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Canadian flag. Half of the coins show the flag in color.

The new facility is expected to be open to Royal Mint visitors in 2016.

The East Central Caribbean Bank is withdrawing 1- and 2-cent coins beginning July 1, because the cost to make and distribute them is more than their value.

After a eurozone coin honoring the 200th anniversary of the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo was rejected by France, Belgium as taken matters into its own hands.

A man in Shenyang, China, on June 2 purchased a ¥680,000 vehicle using ¥660,000 worth of coins and ¥20,000 worth of banknotes, according to Shanghaiist.

What is reportedly the rarest silver coin of the German Empire highlights late June auctions from Fritz Rudolph Künker.

A rare silver rupee from India realized 10 times its estimate in Stephen Album Rare Coins' recent auction.

The Royal Mint has struck £5 coins for the 150th anniversary of the Salvation Army.

The Royal Canadian Mint issued four 2015 Superman coins on June 2, continuing a popular program for the comic book series that began in 2013.

An obsolete note issued by the Mobile & Ohio Railroad has a connection to modern-day Canada.

The earliest American silver coins struck in Boston in the 17th century have distinctive motifs but their basic layout owes a lot to English contemporaries.

The French Mint struck back at companies and individuals altering its coins for resale, claiming it violates counterfeiting laws.

The Royal Mint honors the men, machinery and animals that helped win World War I with six 2015 coin designs, available in either silver or gold.

Heritage Auctions will offer the Isaac Rudman Collection of Mexican Coins beginning with an auction in August.

A bronze Roman medallion issued by Caracalla celebrates the Pythian Games.

Two rare Roman gold coins issued several hundred years apart starred in Numismatica Ars Classica's May 20 auction, each realizing nearly $700,000 U.S.

The medal of particle physicist Leon Lederman went for $760,002 during a Nate D. Sanders auction on May 28.

The European Union announced the chosen design for its union-wide circulating commemorative €2 coin due for release later in 2015.

Residents of the Eurozone have selected a Bank of Greece designer's submission for a circulating commemorative €2 coin to be issued later in 2015.

A new £5 coin from the Royal Mint will head a series of five coins to commemorate the signifance of World War I in the european region.

The first Australian coin to top the $1 million mark (in Australian dollars) was on display over the weekend in Brisbane.

The second part of the famed Slaney Collection of English rarities was auctioned May 14 by Spink, with spectacular results.

The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a parade of coins commemorating Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes cartoon characters.

RAM releases Australian 50-cent coins marking the battles of Greece, Crete and El Alamein.

The first three digits are located well to the left of the normal date and rotated counterclockwise.

The Central Bank of Malta has issued a tiny commemorative Proof half-gram gold €5 coin honoring the tenth anniversary of Pope John Paul II's death.

Thomas Hockenhull of the British Museum has written a book exploring the influence of different currencies on history.

The Central Bank of Malta is marking two milestones in 2015 with circulating commemorative €2 coins, including the first flight from Malta, during WWI.

The Royal Dutch Mint has issued a series of commemorative coins to mark the bicentennial of the Battle of Waterloo.

A casual glance at an unfamiliar medal can lead to startling discoveries.

If it weren't for certain bronze sestertii coins of Nero, historians would not know about a triumphal arch the famous ruler erected to honor himself.

One of four privately held pattern shillings of Edward VI, struck circa 1547, realized £9,600 ($14,529 in U.S. funds), including the 20 percent buyer’s fee.

One of four known 1920-S gold sovereigns, called the greatest gold rarity of the British Empire, realized $753,211 U.S. in a May 19 London auction.

The Pobjoy Mint has issued coins for two countries to celebrate the birth of Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana on May 2.

Several mints, including the Royal Mint, have issued modern medallic tributes to Pistrucci's masterpiece in the last 50 years.

Last week, World Gold Council published its quarterly report “Gold Demand Trends": overall demand declined 1%, but overall “investment demand” grew by 4%.

New 2015 coins from the Isle of Man honors legends of the famed TT motorcycle race held on the island since 1907.

The Mint of Finland's Animals of the Provinces €5 series ends with a coin for Tavastia.

The Rudolph P. Laubenheimer Family Archives featuring numismatic items from the noted diesinker, engraver and medalist will be offered for sale June 25.

Muted coins, where designs tell the story, are increasingly popular in modern world coin issues. These silent coins speak to the art lovers in us.

Benedetto Pistrucci's medal for the Battle of Waterloo was an artistic masterpiece some three decades in the making.

Israel's latest commemorative coin series celebrates the world's largest renewable energy source, solar power.

Eight rulers issued coins during the brief Romano-Gallic Empire period. Sometimes coins are the only tangible evidence of the rulers' short reign.

Charlemagne consolidated Europe and instituted a coinage reform with lasting effect. One of his silver deniers highlights a June auction in Germany.

The Austrian Mint's series of coins featuring designs inspired by young residents focuses on historic Vienna.

The Scottsdale Mint's newest issue in a Biblical series shows the story of David and Goliath. The 2015 silver $2 coin has a mintage of 1,499 pieces.

Engraver Benedetto Pistrucci’s 30 years of toiling to create a medal marking the Battle of Waterloo never resulted in one struck from the original dies.

The centennial of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania is featured on a new Proof silver $2 coin from Niue.

Eight coins are being released throughout 2015 featuring the classic Looney Tunes cartoon characters.

The Danish Government has proposed an option that will no longer obligate business owners to accept cash from customers in common, day-to-day transactions.

A school in the United Kingdom was home to a hoard of about 300 Roman coins.

A rare gold 9-solidi medallion of Constantine the Great leads Bonhams' June 1 auction.

Italy joins a long line of countries issuing coins commemorating World War I. Italy's newest coin is a Proof silver €10 with designs inspired by sculpture.

Orders are being taken by Jeff Shevlin, the "So-Called Dollar Guy," for brass, copper and .999 silver versions of the "2nd Annual So-Called Gathering" medal.

A four-coin set from Alderney struck by the Royal Mint celebrates famous quotes from Sir Winston Churchill.

The famous World War I poem "In Flanders Field" is the motif of new coins from the Royal Canadian Mint honoring the war centennial.

An array of coins were issued to honor the newborn princess

A silver taler from what is modern-day Slovakia shows the legend of St. George slaying the dragon. The coin sold in Emporium Hamburg's April 23 and 24 auction.

Japan, host country of the 2020 Olympics, will release a series of coins to commemorate the games, according to Japan Times.

The finest known example of what has been called the greatest gold rarity of the British Empire highlights a May 19 auction in London.

The 2015 Maundy ceremony was a royal affair, taking Queen Elizabeth II to Sheffield Castle for the annual event where Maundy money is distributed.

Fans of Star Trek: The Original Series have their collector coins, now it’s time for "The Next Generation" to get in on the action.

The Royal Australian Mint has issued non-circulating 50-cent coins marking the birth of Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana in copper-nickel and silver.

The young designer of the United Kingdom's future £1 coin to be launched in 2017 talks to Coin World about the design process and his winning entry.

A major shipwreck has discovered near Jussarö, an island off the southern edge of Finland.

Germany has announced plans to restore silver into Uncirculated collector coins sold at face value, though the face value of those coins will now be €20.

An edited version of an interview The Silver Institute conducted with the Royal Canadian Mint's Steve Higgins for Silver News is presented.

The Perth Mint is onboard the Royal Baby bandwagon, announcing its gold and silver commemorative coins honoring the birth of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.

Though the fifth of May might be best known in the U.S. for the parties it inspires, the date is important to Mexico as the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla.

The Royal Mint announced new collector coins marking the birth of Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana within hours of the baby's birth on May 2.

The Royal Canadian Mint has secured its first coinage contract with the Bank of Indonesia, which will use blanks created by the RCM for the 1,000-rupiah coin.

Coin discovered in Europe, graded MS-62 by PCGS, is highest certified, according to Stack's Bowers Galleries and Sotheby’s, who are offering it May 20.

William and Kate's second child arrived over the weekend, and she is being honored with a commemorative coin from the Royal Mint.

A collection of miniature Greek coins featuring animals highlights Numismatica Ars Classica's May 20 auction.

Sovereign for new sovereign: Royal Mint announces limited edition gold coin

In 1930 Germany celebrated the 1929 around-the-world flight of the Graf Zeppelin airship with a commemorative silver coin.

This Roman Gold Nero is the most valuable of the bunch

Germany has unveiled designs for the next three circulating commemorative €2 coins in its annual Bundeslander series.

Germany has announced plans to issue a hybrid metal-polymer ringed collector coin in 2016, an apparent world first.

Over 6,000 silver coins were found by a Polish park ranger recently, according to The Week magazine.

Bradford Exchange Mint marks Magna Carta's 800th year with 2015 gold-plated crown coin in name of Commonwealth Territory of Tristan da Cunha.

In 2005, Sweden celebrated the 150th anniversary of its first stamps by issuing a 50-kronor coin in an aluminum-bronze composition.

A May 18 auction in Zurich includes a small sculptural silver coin from Sicily in ancient Greece.

To mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, Pobjoy Mint has issued four new coins on behalf of the Isle of Man government

This coin isn't in the mainstream among American collectors

Coin World has covered physical bitcoins made of silver and physical bitcions made of gold. How about brass?

The Royal Canadian Mint will consider coin designs (all entries due April 30) from the public for five new coins that will enter circulation in 2017.

Russia celebrated the 150th anniversary of the first Russian postage stamp with a commemorative coin in 2008.

Uniface 1915 silver plaquette by Austrian medalist Hans Dietrick depicts a Turkish warrior in archaic garb and banner before the basilica of Hagia Sofia.

The Central Bank of Russia celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first space walk with a Proof silver 3-ruble coin.

An extremely old, and rare coin in the American numismatic world

Canada's first stamp was the 3-cent beaver, so the Royal Canadian Mint's only 3-cent coin naturally celebrates the famous philatelic issue.

The Pobjoy Mint issued the world's first red-colored coin, using titanium, to celebrate the Penny Magenta stamp, the world's most expensive postal rarity.

Numismatic Guaranty Corp. has graded an example of the rare 1898 "99" stamped gold pond from South Africa, just the 20th example it has graded.

Gibraltar teamed up with the Pobjoy Mint to issue a colorful coin honoring the Blue Mauritius stamp, one of the world's most valuable issues.

There may be no better time to collect circulating coins with color on them than now, with the 20th such coin just announced by the Royal Australian Mint.

The Royal Australian Mint has launched its fourth colorful circulating $2 coin into circulation. The 2015 coin celebrates ANZAC forces in World War I.

Dozens of coins have made their stamp on history, including coins that show famous stamps from the course of history.

Numismatic Guaranty Corp. has certified the only privately-available example of a rare gold medal made in 1906 to mark the appointment of a Brazilian Cardinal.

Coin designer Jody Clark got to head to the pressroom at the Royal Mint to begin striking coins bearing the new effigy of Queen Elizabeth II that he designed.

A Japanese jeweler has created a variety of Star Wars themed medals to commemorate the lastest installment in the series of famed movies, The Force Awakens.

The Pobjoy Mint is issuing silver and gold crown coins showing French Emperor Napoleon I in high relief.

The Royal Canadian Mint celebrates the wartime 5-cent coin with a modern Proof silver version.

France nixed a circulating commemorative €2 coin from the Royal Belgian Mint for Waterloo's 200th, so the design is on a noncirculating legal tender €2.5 coin.

2nd batch of Olympic coins launched: Afternoon Report

French President Charles de Gaulle is the latest honoree in a series from the Monnaie de Paris celebrating French kings, rulers and presidents.

The Royal Mint has issued a limited edition Proof 2015 platinum £5 coin for Alderney to commemorate 70 years since V-E Day.

An English medal in A.H. Baldwin & Son's Ltd.'s auction showcases New Holland, what is now known as Australia.

After Alexander the Great, Macedonian silver coinage remained prolific during the Hellenistic Age.

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The 100 tons of silver rupees were onboard the SS City of Cairo when the ship was sunk by a German sub during its trip from Bombay to England in 1942.

Michael Meszaros wins American Medallic Sculpture Association's first American Medal of the Year (AMY) competition, with Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.

Nepal has issued a colorful commemorative copper-nickel 100-rupee coin marking the 50th anniversary of the Nepal Junior Red Cross organization.

A new silver round that features a vivid portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci and is capable of storing bitcoins is set for a spring release from Infinitum Bitcoins.

The Royal Mint has presented an example of its 2015 Britannia £2 coin aboard the newly christened cruise ship Britannia.

The second issue in an annual series of half-ounce silver bullion coins from the Perth Mint depicts the hammerhead shark.

Researcher Kent Ponterio has joined Mexican Coin Company as a full partner.

The Austrian Mint honors the Federal Army's 60th anniversary with a silver commemorative coin scheduled for release May 6.

One of four privately held pieces estimated to realize $2,982 to $4,472.

The market for Russian material, especially at the middle-to-low end, remains weak, as evidenced by March 12 auction results from Gorny & Mosch.

According to The New York Times, Republican Rand Paul is the first presidential candidate to accept donations in the form of virtual currency.

The Royal Canadian Mint has announced the panelists who will help choose designs for 2017 Canadian coinage to celebrate the nation's Confederation anniversary.

UK babies born on same date as newest royal baby will have a chance to be registered for one of 2,015 free silver pennies to be minted for the occasion.

A time capsule that dates back to 1840 has been discovered in a park in Northern Ireland, according to BBC News.

Coin World gives you a quick look at what's going on in the world of numismatics.

Dealer Charles Riley has issued a medal to celebrate two anniversaries in the hobby in 2015.

Licensed coins and stamps provide a growing amount of revenue for the tiny island nation of Tokelau.

The Royal Australian Mint celebrates the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta with a noncirculating, legal tender 20-cent coin.

Macedonia’s Zodiac Signs series of Proof .925 fine silver 10-denar coins continues with the 10th issue, honoring the Taurus.

A series of U.S. dollar-equivalent coins, backed by a bond held by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, has been circulating and now available through online sellers.

A silver tetradrachm from ancient Sicily realized just over seven times its pre-sale estimate during Fritz Rudolph Künker’s March 13 ancient coin auction.

A Shaun the Sheep statue created by the Royal Mint will help raise money for a London charity.

Goldberg Coins & Collectibles' May 30 to June 3 auction features the finest of three known gold 7-ducat coins honoring the 1479 wedding of Maximilian I.

The Royal Mint will issue a new £1 coin into circulation later in 2015, but collector versions are now available.

Queen Elizabeth II handed out Royal Maundy coins on April 2 to 89 men and 89 women at Sheffield Cathedral.

The Central Bank of Russia honors composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky with a Proof .925 silver 2 rubles coin marking his 175th birth anniversary.

The Pobjoy Mint is celebrating its newly redesigned website with an Easter egg contest. Two winners will receive vouchers to buy coins.

A circa 1888 silver "cake" coin from China's Kweichow Province highlights an April 2 auction in Hong Kong.

The third coin from Finland's Provincial Animals series showcases the hedgehog.

A gold presentation piece from Thailand highlights Stack's Bowers & Ponterio's March 30 and April 1 auction in Hong Kong.

Italy will celebrate the Expo Milano 2015 with a circulating commemorative 2-euro coin in 2015.

Italy will mark the 750th birth anniversary of Dante Alighieri with a circulating commemorative 2-euro coin in 2015.

Catalogue includes plenty of material from the library of Quentin Archer, which contains a lot of rich information

Its rich medallic tradition gave France a leading role in medallic records of World War I.

The Royal Canadian Mint's annual series of Proof silver $20 coins featuring Murano glass from Venice is due to continue in 2015 with a green turtle.

A Proof 1985 brass 1-yuan Panda coin should not exist, but was made for dignitaries. An example highlights a March 29 auction in Macau.

India's first prime minister, Jawarharlal Nehru, is the subject of 2014 circulating 5-rupee and silver 125-rupee coins being issued in 2015.

A £5 coin from the Royal Mint will mark the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s second child, expected in “mid-to-late” April.

The Pobjoy Mint is issuing a new coin for the Isle of Man celebrating Sir Winston Churchill, in two metallic versions: silver and copper-nickel.

Nazi-era coins and pottery were discovered at the site of a German hideout deep in the Argentinian jungle, according to The Telegraph.

The second issue in a series of coins featuring meteorites honors a crater in Australia, and includes fragments from the meteorite.

The fourth coin in an annual series featuring paintings by Gustav Klimt is scheduled for release April 15, according to the Austrian Mint.

All the talk in United Kingdom numismatics this week has been surrounding the new 12-sided pound coin and its newly released reverse design.

The Empress Zoe appears on a small number of Byzantine coins, but these pieces are as Byzantine as it gets.

When famine and drought struck India in 1873 and 1874, the Calcutta Mint created 1-rupee “grain” tokens to as part of relief efforts.

The Royal Canadian Mint has begun selling a 2015 silver $20 coin to mark the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup that is scheduled in Canada this summer.

The Royal Mint announced the winner of its public competition to design the reverse of the 12-sided £1 coin set for a 2017 release, and people are talking.

China has issued its first heart-shaped coins as part of a series honoring auspicious cultural symbols.

Yesterday Coin World reported that a reverse design for the Royal Mint's new £1 coin had been selected.

Designs for a joint circulating commemorative €2 coin marking the 30th anniversary of the European flag are due March 20.

Rose, leek, thistle and shamrock are gathered into a bouquet banded by a crown on the U.K.'s new £1 coin reverse, set for release in 2017.

The Royal Australian Mint announced that it would be selling unique production process pieces from its 50-year history in a Downies auction in May.

Coin World gives you a quick look at what's going on in the world of numismatics.

Designer Joel Iskowitz is giving a fresh take on some iconic images on a new coin from Tristan da Cunha.

The Royal Mint has received approval from the Welsh government to begin construction on a visitors center, which is due to open in 2016.

A rare gold aureus of Titus, depicted as Caesar, leads Harlan J. Berk's buy or bid sale closing April 30.

Poet Dante Alighieri's birth anniversary is honored with a new commemorative €2 coin from San Marino in 2015.

The Republic of Armenia marks the centennial of Armenian Genocide with a silver collector coin.

March 14 is celebrated as Pi Day, because of the digits aligning with those of the famous mathematical figure. Did you know that there's a coin for that?

Napoleon lost the Battle of Waterloo, but French officials have won the fight over a coin commemorating the event.

The Royal Canadian Mint has begun a new series of coins honoring World War II battles, with the first coin for the Battle of Britain.

A gold Nobel Prize medal awarded to Simon Kuznets in 1971 brought nearly $400,000 on Feb. 26.

The CPAC will again be looking at possible import restrictions affecting various ancient coins that could impact collectors in the United States.

40 silver Greek coins, three gold Greek coins and a dozen gold Roman coins were found in University at Buffalo's archives.

The Royal Canadian Mint will celebrate Canada's 150th birthday in 2017 with new circulating coinage featuring designs submitted by the public.

The French government has objected to the use of a design commemorating the Battle of Waterloo on a new 2-euro coin, according to The Telegraph.

Coin World gives you a quick look at what's going on in the world of numismatics.

A new book continues a series of “Handbooks” about Greek coinage published by Classical Numismatic Group.

When the SS Normandie entered service in 1935, it was the largest and fastest passenger ship afloat.

The reverse of the Proof high-relief 2-ounce .999 fine silver $2 coin in the name of Niue depicts the story of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion.

Members of the Israeli Caving Club discovered a trove of 2,000-year-old treasures including a pair of silver coins in a cave in northern Israel.

Coin World gives you a quick look at what's going on in the world of numismatics

The Perth Mint on March 3 released a limited edition 2-ounce commemorative coin struck from 91.67 percent pure pink gold that features an Argyle pink diamond.

An astonishing solid gold nugget was found during a prospecting expedition in Inglewood, a town located in the state of Victoria in Australia.

A chronological look at Queen Elizabeth II's portraits on coins from 1953 to the present, including more than the five used on UK circulating coins.

Coin World gives you a quick look at what's going on in the world of numismatics.

Numismatic Guaranty Corp., is now offering its "plus" designation to world coins, in grades ranging from Extremely Fine-45 to Mint State-68.

The Royal Mint supplied photos of engraver Jody Clark and of his Queen Elizabeth II design coming together.

A very rare £1 coin dated 1643, one year after the start of the English Civil War between the armies of King Charles I and Oliver Cromwell, has surfaced.

Coin World gives you a quick look at what's going on in the world of numismatics.

The newly-reborn Melbourne Mint has chosen Australian outlaw Ned Kelly as the subject for its first coin, a tiny silver 10-cent coin.

Australian gold prospector unearths 87-ounce nugget worth more than $100,000 in U.S. dollars.

An early Greek coin from modern-day Italy, a circa 525 to 500 B.C. silver stater, highlights an ancient coin auction March 13.

The Royal Mint has unveiled a new coinage portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.

William Wallace, the early hero of Scottish independence, is honored on a token from Ayrshire, which was believed to be his birthplace.

Britannia is returning to circulating coinage, on a 2015 coin that will be released later this year. The Royal Mint unveiled the £2 coin image on Feb. 27.

French paper money collectors might want to check out the 80 limited editions sets of the board game Monopoly containing genuine euro notes.

Coins are taking center stage in Indonesia as a symbol of disdain for Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

Japan's famous high-speed "bullet" trains are the subject of the first circulating 100-yen coins in Japan since 1976.

Silver and gold Swiss shooting taler medals are now available for the 2015 federal festival in Valais.

Sports and animals are prominent for the Mint of Finland's 2015 collector coin program.

The 2015 circulating commemorative €2 coin from Germany's annual Bundeslander series honors Hesse.

Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet William Butler Yeats is slated to appear on a Proof silver €15 coin in 2015.

The above images of the gold hoard found off the coast of Israel are by Hagai Nativ, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Memory of the heroic events of late 1914 was kept alive by Russians in exile near Paris after the Russian Civil War of 1918 to 1921.

World coin review service WINGS Coins has added a silver sticker for coins designated "solid for the grade" and is seeking more partner dealers.

The Royal Australian Mint is selling a domed coin to celebrate the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 being held in Australia and New Zealand.

President Abraham Lincoln received a new home on Presidents Day, being placed on a Proof silver dollar from Niue.

New coinage technology developed by the Mint of Poland allows the striking of spherical coins, changing the shape of new issues.

The Pobjoy Mint has issued an Ultra High Relief Proof silver $10 coin for the British Virgin Islands showing the Sphinx in Egypt.

Two Spanish con-men face attempted fraud charges after selling a forged painting that the buyer paid for with fake Swiss francs.

Visitors to the Galt Museum & Archives in Canada can see the design process involved in producing bank notes and stamps.

South Africa's gold Veld pond was struck during times of war, and is one of the rarest emergency coins from the world.

During a severe coin shortage, the Bank of England used money to make money, counterstamping other currency to make it passable in Britain.

It's Feb. 21 in Australia, and the Royal Australian Mint is celebrating its 50th birthday. Keep up on all the fun via the RAM's Twitter feed.

The woolly mammoth dominates both sides of Austria's final Proof .900 fine silver €20 coin from a prehistoric "Back from the Dead" coin series.

When King James II of England was deposed, he issued Irish gun money to pay for his campaign to return to the throne.

North Korean coins were available during the World Money Fair in Berlin, but they remain illegal to import into the United States.

Nearly 2,000 gold coins from the 11th century were found in an ancient harbor of Caesarea National Park.

Emergency coins were required during the unsuccessful Bar Kochba Revolt against Roman rulers.

A circa 1705 beard token from Russia in Fritz Rudolph Künker's auction is a remnant of a time when facial hair was taxed in Russia.

World War II armed hostilities ended in 1945, and Churchill returned to Chartwell to write, paint and even build brick walls in his gardens.

The Royal Bank of India announced in a Feb. 18 notification that gold imports by Indian banks and trading houses are no longer prohibited.

Nobel laureate Ernest Walton and his groundbreaking achievements in the field of physics are the focus of Ireland's first commemorative coin of 2015.

Organizational art medals (from nonprofit and for-profit businesses and professional organizations) typically strive to inspire feelings of security and trust.

An Antique Finish 2015 Temple of Heaven .999 fine silver $20 coin is struck from "four-layer" technology to create a detailed, three-dimensional look.

Antiquities like the nearly 2,000 11th century gold coins discovered recently in the ancient harbor of Israel's Caesarea National Park belong to the state.

The Royal Mint has issued four large pure silver and gold coins to celebrate Sir Winston Churchill.

During emergencies, coins are hard to come by and never needed more. Several examples of emergency coinage are collectible today.

Churchill became British prime minister in 1940. He called England's struggle something that would be remembered as the nation's finest hour.

In all, almost 2,000 gold coins from the 11th century Fatimid period were discovered recently in Caesarea National Park.

Andorra's euro coins debuted in the middle of January, with limited edition collector sets now worth multiples of their issue price a few weeks later.

The smallest member of the rabbit family, the pika (or rock rabbit) is now a topic for the Royal Canadian Mint’s series of smallest pure gold coins.

A charity shop in England hopes to raise enough in donated coins to set the world record for the longest trail of coins, according to the Surrey Mirror.

Though Winston Churchill became a household name during World War II, he was no political newcomer in the 1940s.

The European flag is the theme for a joint circulating commemorative €2 coin program in 2015.

Latvia’s central bank has issued a 2015 circulating commemorative €2 coin to commemorate Latvia’s turn in the presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Ireland will mark the centennial of the Easter Uprising of 1916 with its first circulating commemorative €2 coin.

Portugal will issue €2 coins in 2015 to mark the 150th anniversary of the Red Cross, and the anniversary of contact with Timor by Portuguese explorers.

To the Romans, the crocodile was most familiar as the emblem of Egypt, and its appearances on Roman coins were in reference to that province.

Paddington Bear is now featured on coins from the Isle of Man struck by the Pobjoy Mint.

The recent 2015 Berlin World Money Fair reflected the state of the European economy. But the coin values have not declined that much.

Remembering Sir Winston Churchill in coins, medals and paper money.

The Berlin State Mint's annual silver medal issued Jan. 29 at the World Money Fair in Berlin celebrates 25 years since German reunification.

The Royal Canadian Mint has a new master: Sandra L. Hanington, one of Canada's "top 100 most powerful women" appointed by Canada Minister of Finance Joe Oliver.

A pair of lawmakers want Bitcoin banned in Hong Kong after a scam involving the virtual currency that could cost investors up to $387 million.

The Royal Mint has released 100 examples of a £2 coin into circulation at the HMS Belfast gift shop to promote the precious metal versions of the coin.

The Royal Canadian Mint on Feb. 10 released its fifth silver $100 coin in the Wildlife in Motion series.

British Museum posted a video to YouTube highlighting its new exhibition of the 5,251 Anglo-Saxon coins discovered during a metal detecting rally in England.

The Hungarian Mint has struck wooden medals on coinage presses. The medals are to be used as gifts.

As part of our continued conversation with our readers, we like to ask Facebook fans to share about the numismatic acquisitions they've made recently.

New Zealand is fourth nation to issue colorized coin for circulation, a 50-cent coin for the ANZAC centenary for release March 23. Vet pre-orders begin today.

The Royal Canadian Mint has launched a North American Sport Fishing series of Proof silver $20 coins, beginning with a coin for the largemouth bass.

Convex/concave coins are increasingly popular, but years before that the Monnaie de Paris introduced a wave-shaped coin.

A circa 313 B.C. gold drachm from Karystos on Euboia, struck to pay forces fighting Alexander’s rival generals, highlights Gorny & Mosch’s March 9 auction.

William Shatner shared Coin World's tweet on upcoming Star Trek coins. He wants one for himself.

A modern minter is issuing medals featuring historic design elements.

After a seven-year hiatus, Britannia is returning to circulating British coinage in 2015.

A coin commemorating the end of World War II is planned for release by the China Gold Coin Incorporation in June.

Two Tuvalu silver dollar coins commemorate Star Trek: The Original Series, portraying the USS Enterprise and Captain James T. Kirk as played by William Shatner.

There was a wealth of great Twitter activity going on from the show, much of it coming from Coin World Senior World Coins Editor Jeff Starck.

Gold imports to China from its main conduit, Hong Kong, were down big in 2014 compared to 2013, according to Bloomberg.

German medalists were among the most prolific creators of patriotic medals at the beginning of World War I.

The ANS launches another major new tool to aid in the identification, research and cataloging of the coins of the ancient world.

A 1.5-inch silver medal from congress to a survivor of the ill-fated Jeannette Arctic Expedition of 1879 is offered by James D. Julia Inc. Feb. 4 to 6.

The Royal Canadian Mint honors explorer Henry Hudson and his final Arctic voyage on its 2015 gold $200 coin.

An Italian Renaissance-era copy by an artist known as Cavino realized $12,000 in a Nomos Ag fixed-price list.

The Royal Mint has secured the contract to produce a 500-shilling circulating coin for Tanzania, which will replace a bank note of the same denomination.

The Royal Mint will unveil the fifth effigy of Queen Elizabeth II for coins of the United Kingdom on March 2.

The National Bank of Poland is releasing Proof 2015 gold and silver concave/convex coins at the end of the January.

Australian icons appear on a colorful Distinctly Australian $5 coin issued by the Royal Australian Mint.

The Royal Australian Mint celebrates Australia Day on Jan. 26 by setting up a booth where people can directly purchase 2015 circulating coins at face value.

Professional Coin Grading Service is scheduled to attend the World Money Fair in Berlin, where an auction highlights coins certified by PCGS.

Thanks to growing technological capabilities and applications, the future for colorful world coins looks, well, colorful.

The Isle of Man's annual cat coin series issued through the Pobjoy Mint celebrates the Selkirk Rex breed in 2015.

The Royal Spanish Mint honors 70 years of peace in Europe following World War II. Silver €10, gold €200 collector coins feature Span's new king and a dove.

The Royal Mint is pushing back against counterfeiters by releasing a new 12-sided £1 coin in 2017.

Three main methods exist for adding color to world coins, from quick applications to timely enamel.

The Royal Mint has relaunched its Royal Mint Refinery brand of gold and silver bullion bars after a 47-year hiatus.

The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a 2015 circulating $2 coin, and three Proof collector coins, honoring Sir John A. Macdonald.

Though the idea is far older, the number of colorful world coins increased rapidly after the first colorful coins from Palau in 1994.

Answering the question of which coin is the world's first colorful coin issued by a mint is not as simple as one might believe.

On Friday, the euro officially became the sole currency of Lithuania after a two-week period during which both euros and litas were acceptable forms of payment.

Swiss-based auction firm Nomos launched its first web auction, under the Obolos brand title, closing beginning Feb. 8.

Horses were possibly the most prized animals in the ancient world. So it is hardly a surprise that they often are depicted on ancient coins.

A pair of pieces offered in Morton & Eden’s Dec. 15 auction in London show the connection between art issued years and miles apart.

The Year of the Yang or goat begins on Feb. 19, 2015. Coins from around the world celebrate the event.

We wrote a lot in recent weeks about President Obama’s plan to loosen up U.S. trade and travel with Cuba and how that might affect numismatics.

The RCM's annual silver dollar for 2015 commemorates the 50th anniversary of the National Flag of Canada.

A congressional gold medal will be presented Feb. 3 to recognize the World War II heroics in Europe of the First Special Service Force.

A pair of rare British and Australian coins leads Dix Noonan Webb's Feb. 11 auction in London.

The Royal Australian Mint has announced another commemorative coin for the Battle of Gallipoli's centennial.

Harrington Manville library, all two tons, being sold by Douglas Saville Numismatic Books in Great Britain.

Sir Winston Churchill is the latest honoree of the Royal Mint's “£20-for-£20” silver coin series.

France is issuing a circulating commemorative €2 coin in 2015 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of peace after World War II.

Bobby Grangier, 10, discovered a hoard of 48 Greek and Roman coins that date back to A.D. 50 near the Eastern Shore of Virginia, according to Delmarva Now.

The Royal Mint's first silver £100 coin retailed at face value has sold out, two weeks after going on sale.

The Portcullis coinage of England, trade coinage intended for the Indies, was issued decades before the American trade dollar.

Organizers of the World Money Fair show in Berlin, scheduled for Jan. 30 to Feb. 1, warn potential visitors of an apparent scam regarding booking hotel rooms.

The Perth Mint's 2015 Rough-Scaled Python silver $1 is the seventh in a series of eight coins.

Italian finance police seized five sophisticated printing presses used to forge euro notes along with more than a million unfinished fake €50 bills.

The Perth Mint's second issue in an annual series showing posters of World War I has been released.

One of the Perth Mint's newest silver coins celebrates the Australian gumnut brothers Snugglepot & Cuddlepie, creations of May Gibbs.

Israel's Hula Nature Reserve hosts one of the world's largest bird migrations annually. Three new coins from Israel's Mint celebrate the park.

The Royal Mint marks the 800th anniversary of the declaration of the Magna Carta with a circulating commemorative £2 coin.

Two new collector coins will be issued to celebrate the Jan. 15 to 19 visit to the Philippines from Pope John Paul II.

Once the clock struck midnight, collectors in Australia could begin striking their own coins at the Royal Australian Mint.

A Reserve Bank of New Zealand publication about the note design process is free to download from the bank’s Brighter Money website at www.brightermoney.co.nz.

A teen has struck his country's first coin of the year, and all he had to do was camp outside the Royal Australian Mint for nearly a week.

The newly configured New York Sale consortium continues to offer Russian rarities as the major highlights of their auctions in New York City.

Experts estimate that each coin would sell for at least £250, meaning all 5,251 would combine for a value of more than £1.3 million.

A 1916 Battle of Verdun medal was an official issue of the city of Verdun that was struck by the Paris Mint.

Cuban Numismatic Association President Emilio Ortiz says the implications of President Barack Obama’s plan to rethink U.S.-Cuba relations are not yet clear.

Classical Numismatic Group's auction in New York showcases the Sunrise Collection of Persian coins.

World and ancient coins sell for record prices in 2014 as the top end of the market remains robust.