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.