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.