Stack’s Bowers Galleries is set to auction off a possibly unique Venetian gold 40-zecchino coin at the New York International Numismatic Convention.

An 1855 Dutch East Indies half cent test strike, estimated around €1,000, sold in a Nov. 4 auction for a hammer price of €3,600 ($4,189 U.S.), plus buyer's fee.

The Italian State Mint’s new issue recognizes a historic treaty signing 60 years ago in Rome.

Austria marks the new year with a €5 coin depicting a lion, a motif taken from a medieval book. A silver version is also available.

German correspondent Sebastian Wieschowski explores the expanding dangers of counterfeits, in commentary found only in the Dec. 25 issue of Coin World.

Also this week, we showcased WWI commemorative silver dollar production at the Philadelphia Mint.

Prince Henry of Wales and Meghan Markle's engagement honored in commemorative coin.

The Princeton University Library Numismatic Collection recently acquired the Benjamin R. Bell Collection of Ducats, which includes this piece.

The gold half angel of Richard III is one of “a handful” of the coins surviving today, according to Dix Noonan Webb, which is auctioning the coin Dec. 13.

A Samoa Year of the Dog dollar struck by the Royal Australian Mint features a motif by Chinese artist Zhou Shaohua and a mintage limit of 88,888 pieces.

Monaco celebrates the Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince (Prince’s Company of Carabiniers) on a new 2017 commemorative €2 coin.

A hoard of 2,200 silver oboles and deniers, along with a small leather-wrapped cluster of gold coins and other items, was found at a French abbey in September.

One of 130 examples of South Africa’s rare 1898 gold pond counterstamped with 99 will be auctioned in December in London.

A bronze medal in Numismatik Lanz’s Dec. 8 auction in Munich, Germany, tells the biblical story of Noah and the Ark.

2017 Hungarian 2,000-forint coin is the fourth issue in a series honoring Hungarian national memorials.

An extremely rare gold medal awarded in 1794 to William Keir for helping to save the Austrian emperor from capture by Napoleon is up for auction.

26-year-old Olympic gold medalist Kianoush Rostami is auctioning his gold medal to help relief efforts in Iran. He won his medal at the 2016 Rio games.

Coin World issued a special medal to celebrate the publication’s first-time attendance at the Beijing International Coin Exposition. Just 500 pieces were made.

The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a new three-coin “super” series featuring Justice League comic-book heroes.

A 1769 silver jeton celebrates the French victory in the battle for the island of Corsica.