2019's “Coins of England & the United Kingdom” published by Spink is now available in the United States from Coin & Currency Institute.

A 14th century giant bronze coin issued in China intended to back a paper money issue appears in Stephen Album Rare Coins’ Jan. 17 to 19 auction.

The RCM is finishing 2018 with the last coin in its “Keepers of the Parliament” series and beginning 2019 with the first coin of the Zodiac series.

The Royal Mint will issue a set of 2019 commemorative coins to “bring to life ... the epic story” of the Tower of London.

A silver penny of Harold II, struck at the London Mint, is one of many highlights in The New York Sale’s auction XLVI Jan. 9 in New York City.

Molossia, a micronation near Dayton, Nevada, commissioned a medallic creation honoring a British man who proclaimed himself Emperor of the United States.

The popular image of Santa Claus is entwined with the Coca-Cola brand. The two come together on a new silver dollar for Fiji struck by the Scottsdale Mint.

A new book by Kevin Clancy of the Royal Mint Museum available from Spink explores how money and war have collided and influenced one another.

A 1929 gold LZ 127 (Graf Zeppelin) medal sold in a recent auction in Germany is an affordable way to own gold with historical value as well.

A rare Duvivier gold medal with an American connection sold for a hammer price of €25,000 ($28,248 U.S.) in a Nov. 15 Monaco auction.

The Pobjoy Mint inadvertently created an error coin, a Pegasus 2-ounce silver dollar that features the wrong application of frosting.

The 2019 Swiss shooting talers, for Appenzeller, are ready for pre-order, with delivery in January. The silver version has a mintage limited to 1,500 pieces.

Solomon Islands Proof .999 fine silver $10 coin bears a brilliant full-color motif depicting a field of red poppies.

A new overdate variety of gold sovereign from Australia has surfaced 150 years after it was made. The 1868/6 coin was recently certified by PCGS.

A rare silver penny of Viking ruler Eric Bloodaxe, though damaged, realized a hammer price of $17,000 in Classical Numismatic Group’s e-auction ending Nov. 14.

Slovenia’s newest ringed-bimetallic €3 coin marks the centennial of the end of World War I with a symbolic design.

A Brilliant Uncirculated copper-nickel £5 coin from the Royal Mint now celebrates "The Nutcracker," a Christmas-favorite ballet enacted every year.

Rare gold coins of Cuba starred in Daniel Frank Sedwick’s Treasure Auction No. 24, held Nov. 2 and 3 in Orlando, Florida.

The Snowman, a creation of Raymond Briggs, is the honoree of new coins from the Royal Mint.

The United Kingdom government confirmed plans for a coin marking the March 29 Brexit from the European Union.

“Father Christmas” author Raymond Briggs turns the stereotype of the jolly old soul on its head, including on a colorful 50-penny coin.

A depiction of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden appears on a rare 16th century gold medal being offered in Hess-Divo’s Dec. 6 auction in Switzerland.

The Hungarian Mint is celebrating the King Matthias Memorial Year with two commemorative coins.

Canada’s 2019 5-ounce silver coin celebrates the polar bear, in a familiar Arctic scene but a new shape.

The poodle is featured on the final coin in the Perth Mint’s Puppies series of Proof .9999 fine silver 50-cent coins.

The December issue of Coin World features several features with a Christmas theme and a look at paper money depicting people you might not recognize.

Proof versions of the Royal Mint’s flagship gold coin, the sovereign, are now available for 2019 from the mint.

The sixth known example of a silver denarius of a specific type of the usurper Clodius Macer was sold during Leu Numismatik’s Oct. 27 auction in Zurich.

Malta's third €2 coin in a five-coin series featuring designs by children depicts Cultural Heritage with a collage of uniquely Maltese sights.

Australia has begun a dollar coin search for three slightly different 2019 dollars, each with a 35 privy mark and an A, U or S Mint mark; the prize is silver.

The annual publication “Coin Yearbook 2019” is now available from Token Publishing, based in the United Kingdom.

The Royal Australian Mint has issued a 2018 circulating commemorative $2 coin with color to mark the Remembrance Day centennial.

A specialist collection of numismatic items that traces the history of the Dutch Revolt or Eighty Years’ War and its combatants is coming to auction.

New Zealand has issued a colorful circulating commemorative 50-cent coin marking the centennial of the armistice ending World War I.

The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a circulating commemorative $2 coin to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI.

A silver 30-tari coin from Malta, issued in 1798 during the relatively brief rule of Ferdinand Hompesch, is coming to auction Oct. 26 in Amsterdam.

Italy has honored Marco Polo on a 2018 Proof silver €10 coin.

The Royal Mint’s annual Remembrance Day coin for 2018 is now available, and as in recent years features a colorful poppy on the reverse.

The Royal Mint notes the 70th birthday of Charles, Prince of Wales, in 2018 with a Proof platinum £25 coin and several versions of a £5 coin.

Harlan J. Berk Ltd. has a new program to apply verification and guarantee stickers to holders of ancient coins.

The fourth of five coins in the Pobjoy Mint’s 2018 Penguin series showcases the Magellanic penguin, and is now available.

Jayne Roden on Oct. 1 became the 200,000th visitor to the Royal Mint’s visitor center. She was there to celebrate her birthday (which was two days before).

The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a Proof .9999 fine silver $20 coin with color to mark the 100th anniversary of the tragic sinking of the SS Princess Sophia.

A gold medal presented to French engineer Lucien Napoléon Bonaparte Wyse is one highlight in Gadoury’s Nov. 16 and 17 auction in Monaco.

The Pobjoy Mint and Ascension Islands have announced 2019 coins to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing mission.

The Royal Mint is celebrating the bicentennial of the publication of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” with a £2 coin offered in multiple versions.

Two versions of a 2018 coin sharing designs mark Hungary’s part in World War I. Defeat in the war led to the creation of the independent Hungarian Republic.

A collection of medals by local artist Bruno Eyermann is being put on public display at the Leipzig University Library.

Collectors across the globe can have a voice in selecting winners of an international coin design competition.

Several high-grade examples of early 20th century Cuban coins, designed by Charles Barber and produced by the U.S. Mint, are up for auction.

Latvia's four-coin series of circulating commemorative €2 coins celebrating the nation’s regions ends with the 2018 coin for Zemgale, released Sept. 26.

Medusa is the latest subject of the Pobjoy Mint’s Antique Finish Mythical Creatures 2-ounce silver £4 coins series from British Indian Ocean Territory.

A new €2 coin from San Marino celebrates 420 years since the birth of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, an Italian sculptor and architect.

A rare gold medal from Russia celebrating the construction of the Troitsky (Trinity) Bridge in St. Petersburg will be offered at auction Oct. 22 in Zurich.

The third coin in the 2018 series of Falkland Island Penguin 50-penny coins is now available. The coin, from the Pobjoy Mint, honors the king penguin.

A 2018 high relief silver $8 coin from Tuvalu incorporates a diamond into its design.

Switzerland’s newest commemorative coin celebrates the nation’s famous export, the Swiss Army Knife.

The so-called Order taler from 1705 celebrates the inaugural issuance of Poland’s Order of the White Eagle.

Uzbekistan's four new circulating coins, include its first ever 200-som coin, sporting a familiar image from the 200-som note.

John the Baptist is the latest subject of the Scottsdale Mint’s Biblical series, the fourth issue of 2018 and 22nd overall.

Belgium marks the 50th anniversary of a research satellite with a circulating commemorative €2 coin in October.

New Zealand has unveiled the design for its 2018 circulating commemorative 50-cent coin marking the armistice ending World War I.

The Pobjoy Mint marks the anniversary of Sir Walter Raleigh’s death with two new coins, including a Proof .925 fine silver $10 piece.

An 1820 coronation medal for George IV features an ostentatious setting.

A 10-coin commemorative set given to Dennis Rodman by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gifted to numismatist Dwight Manley.

A bullion coin of similar design to the U.S. Trade dollar issued for St. Helena is one of five in East India Company Bullion Ltd.’s Trade Dollar Collection.

A gentoo penguin poses on the second colorful 2018 coin in a five-coin series from the Falkland Islands and the Pobjoy Mint.

A rare silver shilling of 1798, made for an order placed by bankers, highlights Sovereign Rarities’ Sept. 25 auction in London.

Czech artist Otakar Dušek's medal memorializing lives lost in this Todesmarsch, or “death march," receives new Wacks award.

Don Bailey, dean of Mexican numismatics, has died.

The Pobjoy Mint showcases the Hydra on a 2018 high relief Antique Finish 2-ounce silver Mythical Creatures coin, the third in the series.

Canada’s postage stamp heritage is on full display in color on a new series of replica stamp-shaped silver coins.

An innovative two-coin set from the Perth Mint allows the pair of coins to act as a gearbox. The coins celebrate technical innovations.

A Morris Mini offered by a Maryland firm has both a numismatic link and a link to The Beatles.

As Khan’s armies closed in on Qayen, whoever was in charge there issued gold coins in the name of the invader, hoping his army would not devastate the city.

Two silver tetradrachms of Athens — one real and one fake — were among lots sold in Classical Numismatic Group’s e-auction No. 426, ended Aug. 8.

The green tree python rests on a 2019 Proof 1-ounce gold $100 coin for Niue in Perth Mint’s Remarkable Reptiles series.

Russia has issued a circulating commemorative 25-ruble coin to celebrate the 2018 International Army Games.

Preserving a nation’s heritage is worthy of government sanctions. But when do widely circulated coins deserve that level of protection?

Collectors of ancient coins, as represented by the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild, have lost the latest appeal of import restrictions for certain coins.

Artistry, craftsmanship and history combine in a new gold domed coin released by the Royal Australian Mint in the Terrestrial Gold Dome series.

Recent coin finds on the Dutch shipwreck of the Rooswijk suggest that its crew was engaged in smuggling.

France should eliminate the 1- and 2-cent coins, according to a recent report from a government-sponsored think tank.

The Falkland Islands showcases the macaroni penguin on the first 50-penny coin in a new colorful coin series from the Pobjoy Mint.

A pair of gold items, one coin and one medal, celebrating anniversaries of the Protestant Reformation are offered in Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ Aug. 21 auction.

The Royal Australian Mint’s Kangaroo series has been issued for 25 years. To celebrate the anniversary, the RAM issued two new coins in the popular series.

France’s mint is celebrating the 2018 FIFA World Cup victory of the nation’s men’s soccer team with a medalet.

A rare Soviet-issued Chinese silver dollar highlights Stacks’ Bowers Galleries’ Aug. 7 auction in Hong Kong.

The Royal Australian Mint is issuing a circulating commemorative $2 coin to celebrate the 2018 Invictus Games, scheduled in Sydney from Oct. 20 to 27.

Diwali is an ancient five-day Hindu “festival of lights” and the holiday is now the subject of two Reverse Proof coins from Tuvalu issued by the Perth Mint.

Canada celebrates the space station on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine with a new silver $20 coin.

A fourth century B.C. electrum stater with the rare depiction of an unidentified man highlights Heritage Auctions’ Aug. 17 sale.

‘Boaty McBoatface,’ the little research vessel with a name acquired from an online contest, is now being honored with a coin from the Pobjoy Mint.

One of the coins marks the 250th anniversary of the Ajuda Botanical Garden, and the other the 250th anniversary of the nation’s official printing works..

This extremely rare Chinese Dragon dollar pattern starred in Heritage Auctions’ June 28 and 29 sale in Hong Kong.

A ringed-bimetallic €2 coin, featuring sculptor François-Joseph Bosio, who created works for Napoleon Bonaparte is available in a Proof version.

Hungary honors the scientific contributions of Dr. Ignác Semmelweis with two new coins, including a Uncirculated copper-nickel 2,000-forint coin.

Nelson Mandela is appearing on a new circulating commemorative 5-rand coin from South Africa.

The Carolina was the first steamer to traverse the Danube, a milestone memorialized with a new silver €10 coin.

A unique gold four-aurius coin of Maxentius starred in Hess-Divo’s May 29 auction in Zurich.

The 175th anniversary of Hungary’s “second national anthem” is the occasion for commemoratives, including an Uncirculated copper-nickel 2,000-forint coin.

The first coin in a new series celebrating Australia at Night depicts the duck-billed platypus in a nocturnal setting.

To mark the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook’s initial epic voyage of discovery, the Royal Mint has begun a three-year series of commemorative coins.

A new pink titanium coin from the Pobjoy Mint depicts the Ascension shrimp.

A silver denarius of Caesar Augustus depicts the so-called Julian Star on the reverse.

The only known example of this 1982 gold 50-gulden coin from the Netherlands, presented to celebrate foreign relations with America, is in Schulman’s auction.

Jewelry made from 18 silver coins, most representing Sarawak, is offered in Mavin International’s July 14 and 15 auction in Singapore.

Germany in 2019 will begin a series of circulating commemorative €10 coins featuring the ringed-bimetal/polymer coin with a theme of “Air Moves.”

The wreck of the SS Central America includes a surprising number of world gold coins, like the finest known 1855-S sovereign from Australia.

Three coinage designs submitted to the Royal Canadian Mint in 1937 but were never adopted are finally being used on actual coins.

San Marino celebrates the Baroque painter known as Caravaggio with a Proof 2018 silver €10 coin.

One of three examples known of an 1809 silver 5-peseta coin of Gerona in Spain highlights Cayon Numismatica's July 3 auction.

This 1578 silver 40-stuiver klippe, issued during the siege of Amsterdam, features a post-issue engraving of Saint Barbara.

Poland marks the centennial of regaining its independence following World War I with a circulating commemorative 5-zloty coin.

The Royal Dutch Mint has updated the design for the 2018 annual gold ducat coins, which begin a four-year series noting past areas of influence of the coin.

Switzerland continues its series of silver coins depicting the nation’s famous steamships, with a 2018 coin for La Suisse, which was built in 1908.

A trio of Roman gold aurei led bidding during Numismatica Ars Classica’s auction in Zurich, issued for some of the shortest-serving leaders of the Roman Empire.

Greece is issuing €2 coins honoring the anniversary of Greek annexation of a group of islands and the 75th anniversary of the death of poet Kostis Palamis.

Portugal swapped 2.1 million euros’ worth of €2 coins with Ireland for 1- and 2-cent coins in 2017.

Coins of the civilizations and rulers of the area watered by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers will be displayed during the Long Beach Expo June 14 to 16.

A unique “regulated” gold coin, originally a 1741 Lima Mint gold 8-escudo piece in the cob style, realized $152,750, with 17.5 percent buyer’s fee.

Named the best female athlete of the 20th century, 1948 Olympic gold medalist Fanny Blankers-Koen appears on 2018 coins from the Royal Dutch Mint.

A rare Judaean bronze coin of Herod of Chalcis highlights Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers’ June 12 and 13 auction.

The legendary William Tell features on a new gold 10-franc coin from Switzerland.

The Bank of Lithuania's summer festival commemorative design is available June 7 as a Proof silver €5 coin with a drop of color, and a copper-nickel €1.50 coin.

The Bank of Latvia's May 22 new issue is based on the work of the winner of the bank's contest seeking innovative designs.

The Waterloo medal was a masterpiece of artistry, but it took decades to complete. An electroplate example is offered in Fritz Rudolph Künker’s June 19 auction.

A rare Chinese coin pattern in Champion's April 4 auction, the 1916 Hat Touching Rim Flying Dragon silver dollar is one of two NGC graded as Uncirculated.

The Romanesque architectural masterpiece was sanctified 900 years ago and a €5 coin designed by Annalisa Masini celebrates the edifice.

A colorized Government of Gibraltar coin series will include the Barbary ape, chimpanzee, red colobus monkey and baboon. The chimpanzee coin is now available.

For the 25th anniversary of Australia’s Kangaroo silver dollar, the Royal Australian Mint has partnered with a German firm to issue a silver coin and bar set.

Watch your language! A Belgian commemorative €2 coin marks 50 years since frictions between Flemish and French speakers sparked campus protest and revolution.

Canada and Niue are among nations celebrating the royal wedding of Prince Henry of Wales (Harry) and Meghan Markle on May 19 with commemorative coin programs.

A unique regulated gold coin that started as a 1741 Lima Mint gold 8-escudo piece in the cob style highlights Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC’s May 15 and 16 auction.

On May 15, Sincona Gold Auction launches. The platform offers investment level quantities of gold bullion coins, modern and historic, with no buyer’s fee.

Politician, Holocaust survivor and abortion advocate Simone Veil appears on a new €2 coin from France.

The Austrian Mint’s annual ringed-bimetallic silver and niobium €25 coin marks the Anthropocene Age.

This PCGS Proof 63 Cameo example of Russia’s 1834 12-ruble platinum coin is one of a reported 11 pieces known.

A hoard of 10 gold coins was found in 2016 in a quaint village in Great Britain. A local museum mounted efforts to obtain the hoard and display it.

A design created by Jody Clark from photographs of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is featured on three £5 coins, in gold, in silver and in copper-nickel.

A gold aureus of Macrinus, one of three known for the type, highlights the La Borde Collection's third auction, by Numismatica Ars Classica May 9 in Zurich.

The first coin in a series honoring wildlife of Nicaragua is now available. The Proof silver 100-cordoba coin celebrates the jaguar.

The Royal Australian Mint released more than 5.5 million Lest We Forget – Eternal Flame $2 coins into circulation in time for April 25’s ANZAC Day.

The mythological Sirens, beautiful but dangerous creatures, are the first subject in a new series of £4 high relief silver coins from the Pobjoy Mint.

The latest Proof Deadly and Dangerous silver dollar from the Perth Mint and Downies showcases the dingo.

Germany’s newest circulating commemorative ringed-bimetallic-polymer hybrid €5 coin was released April 19. The coin is the second in a five-year series.

The kookaburra appears on a high relief, rimless 2018 $2 coin, a stand-alone issue from the Perth Mint.

This 1704 silver medal celebrates a military action that halted the French emperor’s attempts to take Vienna during the War of the Spanish Succession.

Canada’s most famous UFO sighting is seen on a novel new commemorative $20 coin in color.

The Pobjoy Mint is issuing 1-crown coins from the Ascension Islands to commemorate the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Lithuania is highlighting its native song and dance festival with a circulating €2 coin.

The Royal Australian Mint's first coin in a new series of concave/convex coins, “The Earth and Beyond,” celebrates Earth.

Barbary ape, chimpanzee, red colobus monkey and baboon all appear in the Government of Gibraltar series.

An apparently unique pattern coin of Valens, in bronze, created circa A.D. 364, is one of many highlights of Nomos Ag’s May 10 auction in Zurich.

The Pobjoy Mint has issued a colorful titanium $1 coin for Fiji depicting the yellow tree frog.

Finland’s Koli National Park is the first subject of a new series of commemorative ringed-bimetallic €5 coins.

Heritage offers a Canada 1992 gold $15 coin, created when dies for a silver coin were used with a gold Maple Leaf coin planchet, at April's Chicago Coin Expo.

Slovenia will celebrate the declaration of May 20 as World Bee Day with a circulating commemorative €2 coin in 2018.

A circa 166 to 165 B.C. silver tetradrachm celebrating a Seleucid Panhellenic festival is offered at auction by Gemini Auction.

Two water company employees find a treasure hoard in the Netherlands.

Royal Dutch Mint issues three coins for Leeuwarden, capital of Friesland province.

France commemorates the centennial of the completion of World War I nearly 100 years ago with two new silver coins with a guaranteed face value.

Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus (also known as Trajan) is depicted on a 2018 gold €10 coin from Italy.

A Proof silver 100-denar coin from Macedonia celebrating the Zodiac sign of Taurus features gold printing, 3-D printing and a cobalt glass insert.

The colorful green tree python is not venomous, making it a popular choice for those wanting a pet. The animal is featured on a 2018 silver dollar from Tuvalu.

The earliest Canadian baseball game is presented on a 2018 silver $25 coin from Canada. The coin is concave/convex, mimicking the shape of an actual baseball.

The Battle of Midway during World War II is the latest subject of the New Zealand Mint’s Battles That Changed History silver coin series.

Two different designs of both 1- and 2-penny coins circulate in the United Kingdom, but the Treasury is weighing whether to eliminate all of them.

An 1801 silver medal presenting Denmark’s view of its unsuccessful defense of Copenhagen highlights Emporium Hamburg’s April 16 to 18 auction.

An imitation gold ryal made in the Netherlands circa 1585 to 1587 realized €62,000 ($75,728 U.S.) March 1 at auction in Amsterdam.

San Marino celebrates the 500th anniversary of the birth of Renaissance artist Tintoretto with a 2018 €2 coin.

"Silver Fortune" is the first in CIT's annual “Ounce of Luck” series be struck in the shape of a four-leaf clover rather than enclose an actual leaf.

NGC's VarietyPlus resource now covers more than 10,000 varieties after adding world coins to its repertoire.

Horses figure prominently in several centuries worth of Greek art. Ute Wartenberg will present the coinage connection at a Virginia museum April 7.

The Pobjoy Mint has issued a new colorful titanium coin depicting the blue petrel, a sea bird.

A counterstamped classic silver coin of China was sold in 1989 to raise funds to assist students affected by the movement for freedom in China.

The Royal Mint on March 1 revealed a series of circulating 10-penny coins celebrating “the A to Z of Britain.”

Also this week, we continue to explore the vast treasures of the SS Central America.

The Mint of Finland in 2018 will celebrate the sauna culture with a circulating commemorative €2 coin.

Brian Stickney's A Monetary History of Central America was published in January by the American Numismatic Society.

Fourteen different designs have been used for India’s 10-rupee coins since 2009. Skepticism about the coins’ genuineness has hampered circulation of the coin.

Do you know what coin tops the NGC's list of 25 most counterfeited world coins?

Everyone's favorite cartoon bunny is first character to be featured in a series of five Tuvalu half-dollar coins starring cartoon creations.

Major January auctions spanning paper money, world coins and U.S. numismatic interests provide a comprehensive impression of the health of the coin market.

The Royal Dutch Mint brought a taste of the Netherlands to the World Money Fair as the guest of honor for the 2018 event Feb. 2 through 4 in Berlin.

A rare medal of Catherine II (the Great) was issued to celebrate a planned reconstruction of the Kremlin in Moscow.

The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the subject of a new ultra high relief Proof 5-ounce silver coin from Niue. The coin also has selective gold plating.

Like all host nations since 1952, South Korea has issued a suite of commemorative coins to celebrate the events.

Also this week, the 2018 American Liberty tenth-ounce gold $10 coin hit the retail market.

Spain's circulating commemorative €2 coins for 2018 celebrate the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Santiago and King Felipe VI’s 50th year of reigning.

Switzerland’s silver and gold 2018 shooting taler medals, for a festival in Stans in the canton of Nidwalden, are now available from an American distributor.

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The Royal Mint's seven-piece Four Generations of Royalty 2018 collection honors Queen Elizabeth II and her offspring with gold, silver and copper-nickel coins.

The medal was issued in bronze for half a taler and silver for 2 talers, but issue cost for this unique gold example is not given. It may top $24,000 Feb. 23.

The 2018 edition of the popular British coin enthusiast’s catalog Coins of England and the United Kingdom is now available in the U.S. as a two-volume set.

A contemporary counterfeit from ancient Rome, for emperor Claudius, is offered in Davisson’s Ltd.’s Auction 37, closing Feb. 21.

The newest edition of the guide book on French coins is now available from an American distributor.

Demand for 1- and 2-cent coins in Estonia may soon diminish if rounding of prices begins.

Estonia marks the centennial of its declaration of independence with a circulating commemorative €2 coin in 2018.

Italy is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its constitution with a 2018 circulating commemorative €2 coin.

The 2018 Iconic Canada Inukshuk silver $20 coin depicts the famous Arctic emblem, a rock pile arranged in human form, the inukshuk.

A Soviet China silver dollar issued circa 1934 realized $19,200, including the 18 percent buyer’s fee, at a Dec. 7 and 8 Heritage auction in Hong Kong.

The Pobjoy Mint has issued colorful titanium £2 coins from British Indian Ocean Territory displaying the coconut crab and the manta ray.

A 1783 silver medal honors the successful British defense of Gibraltar against French and Spanish fleets.

A preview of columns found exclusively in the print and digital editions of the Jan. 29 Coin World.

The birth centennial of the late Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in 2018 is remembered on a circulating commemorative €2 coin.

The Royal Dutch Mint's last coins of 2017 depict the Defense Line of Amsterdam; these are the first commemoratives with the new mintmaster's privy mark.

The 2017 $25 silver coin celebrates the 50th anniversary of independence for the aging WWII fort located six miles from Britain’s coast.

A Proof presentation example of the 1791 Sierra Leone 100-cent coin realized the equivalent of $24,130 U.S. at auction Dec. 8 in London.

The Royal Mint has unveiled designs for its circulating commemorative coins of 2018, and they include the familiar themes of aviation, war and royalty.

One of just 36 second-place winner's medals from the 1936 Winter Olympic Games in Garmisch, Germany, is in RR Auction's online sale, which closes Jan. 18.