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.