A rare Chinese pattern coin leads Champion Auction’s Nov. 29 auction in Macau. The finest known 1897 silver 50-cent pattern for Hunan was struck at the Heaton Mint.

The popular "Elf on the Shelf" is the theme for the latest coin and stamp cover for the holidays from the Perth Mint. The product features a coin celebrating the holiday and the elf's role in it.

A 1914 medal commemorating soldiers who defended the German port of Tsingtao in China during World War I from an attack by Japan and the United Kingdom is in a December sale.

The Charles Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol" is being featured on a new crown coin from the Pobjoy Mint for the Ascension Islands, including Ebenezer Scrooge and the three ghosts from the story.

The Pobjoy Mint has issued first ever Christmas 50-penny coins on behalf of the British Indian Ocean Territory that utilized the licensed image of Father Christmas in time for the holiday season.

Clyde Hubbard, who played a key role in creating an awareness and understanding of the storied history of coinage in Mexico and Latin America, passed away Oct. 26 at the age of 104.

To mark the 50th anniversary of decimalization, the Royal Mint Museum is opening a new short-story competition among schoolchildren aged nine to 11 in Wales.

A circulating commemorative €2 coin is planned in Luxembourg to celebrate the 2020 birth of Prince Charles, an heir to the nation's throne, with a coin production of 500,000.

Last sold in New York City in 2008, a 1614 gold donative 5-ducat coin recently realized £66,000 in a London sale, much higher than the expected price from the sale of 12 years ago.

Medical professionals are being recognized in France as a commemorative €2 coin created by Monnaie de Paris salutes the occupation's efforts during the global pandemic.

A metal detectorist found a silver penny on a recent expedition and the coin turned out to be a 12th century rarity. It sold for well above its estimate at a Dix Noonan Webb London auction.

The postponement of the 2020 Lucerne Federal Shooting Festival has led to the need for a second issuing of the annual shooting taler and the latest design is now available for pre-sale.

The only publicly available example of the gold "Ides of March" Roman coin issued for Brutus has sold for a record price of ancient coins at an London auction, establishing the new mark in excess of $4 million.

Health care workers globally have stepped into action during the global pandemic and Russian authorities are recognizing the efforts in their country by issuing a commemorative 25-ruble coin.

Australia has endured natural disasters of late that have required heroic efforts from firefighters and the Royal Australian Mint has developed a circulating $2 coin in their honor.

The unique writing on Islamic coins may baffle many collectors, but some stories the coins can tell are worth the extra effort to understand the inscriptions.

Peru's new nine-coin Builders of the Republic circulating commemorative series marks the bicentennial of freedom from colonial rule and begins with a 2020 coin honoring Juan Pablo Vizcardo y Guzmán.

The RCM honors the creation of the United Nations 75 years ago by issuing Canada's first circulating colorized dollar coin, with the desin also available in a plain version.

The United Kingdom is issuing multiple versions of a 50-penny coin that celebrates diversity, and some of the 10 million coins issued will be included in educational packs for schoolchildren.

A 2021 5-ounce .999 fine silver $8 coin from Niue tells the story of the Great Lunar Zodiac Race, which involves cunning, speed, strategy, and most of all, drama.