A collection of the British equivalent of American inaugural medals realized £153,618 ($224,778 U.S.) during A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd.’s May 3 auction.

The Royal Dutch Mint continues it series honoring the nation's UNESCO World Heritage Sites with its first commemorative coin of 2016.

Several world and private mints have issued coins celebrating Viking gods and Nordic themes.

A rare gold 10-ducat coin from Wallenstein in Bohemia realized more than four times its estimate in Sincona Ag’s May 18 auction.

One of four lads from Liverpool, John Lennon rounds out our look at famous musicians commemorated in coinage.

When it comes to Spanish colonial coins, gold never goes out of fashion. And when it comes to fashion, Spanish colonial coins are as good as gold.

The Bank of Jamaica has honored reggae's Bob Marley on several coins.

William J. Taylor’s failed efforts at making Australian coinage included the creation of halfpenny tokens for the 1854 Melbourne Exhibition.

Ludwig von Beethoven appears on several collector coins.

Among the most popular types of ancient coins are shekels of Tyre, the main silver coinage of a powerful maritime city in ancient Phoenicia.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart might just be the musician most honored on money.

Third century Roman bronze coin hoard taps into the history and makeup of a unique time for the Roman Empire.

The National Bank of Romania is again receiving criticism for issuing a coin with with what the U.S. government calls anti-Semitic tones.

Collecting world coins might require more patience and more diligence than searching for U.S. coins requires, but the rewards can be rich.

One of the most important and most referenced book on British bronze coinage, (the pennies, half pennies and farthings of 1860 to 1970), has been updated.

San Marino has announced plans to issue a circulating commemorative €2 coin marking the 400th anniversary of the death of playwright William Shakespeare.

The calendar may indicate late spring, but the Royal Canadian Mint in early May began making plans for autumn.

Exhibitors from 11 states and Canada brought a mass of educational exhibits: 229 cases from 36 exhibitors in 54 competing exhibits, and more.

William Shatner, the well-known Canadian actor who played Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek television series, was on hand at the RCM on Thursday.

A rare example of a British pattern coin from 1933 that was never adopted for circulation was sold in a London auction for a record price.

Four years after Canada’s cent was demonetized, a private-sector report indicates the nation’s circulating coinage should continue to change.

The Perth Mint has struck some commemorative coins honoring one of the United States’ most hallowed memorials.

The Ultra High Relief .999 fine silver dollar is accompanied by a piece of what the issuer says is a real meteorite from the planet Mercury.

The coin for the leader marks the centennial of his birth. Mitterrand was the longest-serving president of France, serving from 1981 to 1995.

The silver medal is cast, and the auction house notes that there is “every impression of being a two part cast united by a rim