A recent lot from the Charles Opitz Collection presented at the Stephen Album Rare Coins' auction was a string of Tibetan prayer beads that were composed of 108 human bones.

The Bank of Lithuania's new circulating commemorative €2 ringed-bimetallic coin, issued Sept. 9, continues an annual program honoring distinct regions and features Dzūkija.

The Royal Mint posted its 2020 production figures, revealing that it released more than 330 million coins into circulation, and that a 2009 coin still has the status of lowest mintage 50-penny coin.

The Swissmint 2021 silver 20-franc coin first in the "Energy of the Future" series spotlights an energy source already 5,000 years in use and supplying more than half of Switzerland's energy needs.

A double dragon and double koi image appears on a 2021 2-ounce .9999 fine silver $2 coin from Tuvalu with a maximum mintage of 888 pieces.

A silver jeton made during the reign of Louis XV proclaiming "the riches of Africa are the wealth of Marseille" and depicting trade in wheat and coral is offered in an upcoming auction in Monaco.

The RAM offers a second coin to commemorate Australian withdrawal from involvement in the Vietnam War 50 years ago, with the Battle of Nui Le 50-cent coin in a limited mintage of 27,500 coins.

A highlight of the upcoming Fritz Rudolf Künker Sept. 25 to 27 auction No. 352 is a rare 1683 medal from Hamburg, Germany, designed to feature the city and promote events held there.

A treaty protecting the Antarctic environment signed 30 years ago is the occasion for the production of special £2 coins issued by the Pobjoy Mint for the British Antarctic Territory.

An opaque light blue 5-fen plastic token from China in Extremely Fine condition, issued for use in a leprosy hospital, will be offered for sale in an upcoming Stephen Album Rare Coins auction.

In cooperation with Fritz Rudolf Künker of Germany, Kolbe & Fanning will offer the library of Mark and Lottie Salton Sept. 18, devoted to ancient coins and medals, with extensive holdings of European auction catalogues.

A 2021 collectible 50-penny coin from the Royal Mint features a group shot of Winnie the Pooh and his trusted friends, from a nine-coin, multi-year series celebrating 95 years of the lovable characters.

On behalf of the British Indian Ocean Territory government, Pobjoy Mint has issued a 1-ounce silver coin and a half-gram gold coin featuring the famous clipper ship Cutty Sark.

An April discovery of 87 silver coins, 13 cut coins and other items discovered on the Isle of Man by a metal detectorist is declared treasure and believed to be from the period of the Vikings.

An international dispute is brewing between Croatia and Serbia, who each claim the right to feature Nikola Tesla on a coin. Serbia did in 2006 and Croatia wants to do it with their euro coins of 2023.

A collection of medals from German Expressionist Karl Goetz from the early 20th century is included in Classical Numismatic Group’s Feature Auction 118, held online Sept. 13 to 14.

With at least 97 percent of outstanding Spanish pesetas turned in by last Sepember, leaving some €1.6 billion worth to go, the extended deadline to exchange them for euros passed June 30.

Niue's Australia at Night series continues for 2021 with a silver $1 and gold $150 coin featuring a dingo family, each coin specially finished to depict the nocturnal world of the amazing creatures.

It is the 20th anniversary of Shrek's introduction, and the Perth Mint's 1,000-coin mintage of a 1-ounce .999 fine silver $2 coin for Niue, shaped like the lovable grumpy green ogre, marks the occasion.

The final subject of the Pobjoy Mint's Sea Creatures series of 50-penny coins is the popular clown triggerfish, which features distinctive coloring brought to life on the coin surface.