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.