Thousands of lots are slated to cross the auction block in early to mid-January during the New York International Numismatic Convention.

The 70-millimeter gilded bronze medal is indeed military in nature, documenting a military invasion.

A rare silver triple reichstaler is one of many highlights in two auctions from Fritz Rudolf Künker on Feb. 2 in Berlin.

An example of one of the rarest English gold coins, the 1705 Vigo gold 5-guinea coin, was discovered among toys and sold at auction in 2016.

The Endurance Expedition of Sir Ernest Shackleton is memorialized on a pair of 2016 £2 coins from South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.

The Bank of Latvia recalls the World War I Christmas Battles in Latvia on a Proof 2016 silver €5 coin.

Wealth and wisdom may come hand-in-hand for those born in the Year of the Rooster, as imagined on two new Proof silver $1 coins from Tuvalu.

To mark the centennial of indepence, the Mint of Finland has unveiled a silver €10 coin and a gold €100 coin honoring the theme.

Dutch artist Hieronymous Bosch is the latest subject of commemorative coins from Spain to celebrate artwork in Spanish museums.

Byzantine silver since, generally, is significantly rarer than the gold, electrum, billon or copper coins of that empire.

The bullion version of the 2017 sovereign features a reverse design bearing a 200-year celebratory privy mark.

Only four examples are known of the 1920-S gold sovereign, which was struck at the Sydney Mint in Australia, then a branch of the Royal Mint.

Benedetto Pistrucci’s famous St. George and the Dragon design was created for the pound amid a need for changes in the United Kingdom’s coinage.

Greece honors the sacrifice of nearly 1,000 lives at the Arkadi Monastery during the Cretan Revolt of 1866 on a 2016 circulating commemorative €2 coin.

A silver denarius struck in 42 B.C. by a traveling military mint is offered in Classical Numismatic Group’s Jan. 10 and 11 Triton XX auction.

In our latest Coin World Show & Tell Facebook video, Senior Editor Jeff Starck talks about a silver coin with a special story.

The 2017 gold sovereigns mark the 200th anniversary of modern sovereign coins. The Proof 2017 coin reflects the 1817 design, including the border.

When it comes to collecting British colonial coins, those from British Honduras are often overlooked, but they have a rich legacy honoring four monarchs.

A rare Proclamation gold medal of the short-lived king of Mexico, Augustin de Iturbide, highights Stephen Album Rare Coins’ Jan. 19 to 22 auction.

The amazing discovery and recovery effort of one of North America's most famous shipwrecks is the focus of a recent video segment by Great Big Story.

The coin was issued in Agra (India) circa 1619 by Nur al-din Muhammed Jahangir and is from a famous series of coins depicting Zodiac calendar symbols.

The Mint of Finland will soon begin manufacturing circulation coins for the Central Bank of Bolivia.

A Memorandum of Understanding made between the United States and Egypt on Nov. 30 restricts import of a wide range of materials including coins.

A reader trying to identify a silver medal purchased years ago sought help from Coin World. Columnist David T. Alexander responds with the medal's story.

A.H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., has named a new managing director, Neil Paisley, who brings 20 years experience in the coin business.

The sestertius was worth one-fourth of a denarius in the ancient Roman monetary system.

One of the most famous and influential names in Australia’s cricket history is now being honored on an Uncirculated copper-nickel 50-cent coin.

The Macau Numismatic Society marks its annual coin expo with a Panda medal, the 2016 edition showing twin Pandas born in Macau and race car driver Ayrton Senna.

Champion offers an example graded Mint State 61 by Professional Coin Grading Service, the highest graded example of this coin by PCGS.

The protests surrounding Tiananmen Square in China in 1989 forced issuers to melt most 1989 Dragon and Phoenix silver and gold coins.