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.