The first issue in a planned annual ringed-bimetallic silver-niobium $2 coin series from Palau shows the planet Saturn.

Germany honors another of its 18 states, Rheinland-Palatinate, with its annual Bundeslander circulating commemorative €2 coin for 2017.

A distributor in the United States is offering the annual medals celebrating the Swiss tradition of marksmanship.

A rare silver sestertius of Roman emperor Titus celebrates the opening of the Colosseum. It realized £372,000 ($464,981 U.S.), nearly five times its estimate.

An international coin program using deep relief via "four layer minting technology" turns to an American subject for a 2017 offering.

A 2017 Swiss 20-franc coin celebrates two reformers instrumental in the Protestant Reformation, which began 500 years ago.

The tragic World War II sinking of an Australian warship carrying many noncombatants is the subject of the Royal Australian Mint’s newest commemorative coin.

The United States has a long history of unofficial coins and tokens that have circulated alongside official Mint issues.

The ninth edition of "Gold Coins of the World," by Arthur L. Friedberg and Ira S. Friedberg, is now available, eight years after the eighth edition.

Hadrian — builder of the wall — also produced cistophori (large silver coins) in the provinces, in two distinct phases.

Sculptor Andor Meszaros created potential designs for Australia’s 1966 decimal currency. Silver medals of his Goose dollar design were later struck and sold.

The cut, counterstamped and otherwise necessity coins of the West Indies have always interested Paul Gilkes, as he has a family link to that part of the world.

The new 12-sided £1 coin will begin circulating in March. How long will the current round version be accepted as legal tender?

Shipwrecks are fascinating for numismatists, no doubt about it. And when the ship that sunk carried a gold fortune, it takes that interest level up a notch.

The book is noteworthy because it contains 144 large woodcut chiaroscuro medallion portraits of important rulers from Julius Caesar to Ferdinand III.

Slovenia marks the 10th anniversary of the euro in Slovenia with a circulating commemorative €2 coin featuring a ring of flying swallows.

The nation of Turkey issued a circulating commemorative ringed-bimetallic 1-lira coin in memory of those who fought and died in an attempted coup in 2016.

A rare and little understood silver crown from a breakaway state in Africa was one of many highlights in Stephen Album Rare Coins’ Auction No. 27.

Jeff Starck returns in our latest #CWShowAndTell video with an intriguing coin (or perhaps "coin" is a more fitting label) with an intriguing story.

Auctions, upcoming issues, and free chocolate coins. The show had something for every world coin collector.

The Pobjoy Mint celebrates the sapphire jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II with a limited-edition “two-headed” coin.

France celebrates the artistic legacy and life of sculptor Auguste Rodin with a 2017 circulating commemorative €2 coin.

The ancient tradition of Olympic Games also includes an ancient tradition of Olympic coinage. An example of this early commemorative coinage is for sale.