After more than 50 years considering itself sovereign and producing coins, the principality known as Hutt River has reverted to becoming a part of Australia and will no longer produce coins.

You don't always find law-abiding citizens as subjects of world coinage. An Australian outlaw with a legendary tale becomes the subject of an Ultra High Relief Proof .999 silver $5 coin.

An iconic scene from the beloved "The Lion King" is captured on silver and gold Niue bullion coins, with silver coins now available and gold coins to be delivered by early September.

The Royal Mint will be issuing £5 coins in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII, following up on previous VE Day commemoratives.

While modern precious metals make headlines with prices, Byzantine gold coins add value in not just metal content, but the historic content today's coins can't match.

A silver penny from the 12th century was discovered in 2018 by a metal detectorist and it turned out to be one of only 25 known examples. the coin is bound for a Sept. 16 auction.

Following calls to honor the UK's Black, Asian and Minority ethnic persons on currency and coins in Great Britain, plans are underway to honor Mahatma Gandhi on a coin.

Four coins from the Royal Mint commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage, including two ringed-bimetallic coins and two .925 fine silver coins with gold plating.

A limited-edition (199-piece) Proof .999 fine gold £4 coin issue for the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands from the Pobjoy Mint features the macaroni penguin.

Thirty lots of Napoleonic medals recently offered for sale covered a wide variety of historically important events within the reign of the French statesman.

To mark the 100th birth anniversary of legendary artist and advocate of Haida culture Bill Reid, the Royal Canadian Mint has issued a $2 coin available in plain or colorful versions.

The spirit of giving is strong as the RCM has made a $100,000 contribution to the Breakfast Club of Canada Emergency fund to support families facing food insecurity due to the pandemic.

One of fewer than two dozen known, this rare silver decadrachm from 2,300 years ago brought over $27,000 at a recent Larry & Ira Goldberg Coins and Collectibles auction.

As one of its 2020 circulating commemorative designs, Belgium has chosen to honor painter Jan van Eyck on a €2 coin that will be seen later this year.

Noted Canadian numismatist and long-time educator Dr. Harold Don Allen passed away at the age of 89. Allen's work on numismatics appeared in top publications including Coin World.

The popular penguin returns to the latest Pobjoy Mint coinage designed for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands with the gentoo penguin featured.

The 2020 silver coin in Niue's Wildlife Up Close series features the frilled neck lizard, an indigenous species from Australia that has notoriety well beyond its native habitat.

The consecration of Poland's Gothic St. Mary's Church in 1320 is celebrated on a circulating commemorative 5-zloty coin and a Proof .999 fine silver 50-zloty coin with glass insert.

A curiosity piece that sparked a 1970s controversy for the island of Anholt will be resurrected for an auction that is sure to bring bring memories of a Satanic hoax.

To mark the 150th anniversary of Canada's first unified series of circulating coinage, a special 2020 four-coin set replicating the classic 1870 designs is offered by the RCM.