An early example of the Joachimstaler silver coin (that would influence the word dollar) appears in a Jan. 30 Fritz Rudolph Künker auction in Berlin.

A ringed-bimetallic 20-piso coin has been issued in the Philippines to replace a bank note of the same denomination.

One highlight of Wacks collection is a Roman coin issued circa A.D. 97 and long thought to commemorate a Jewish head tax repeal by the emperor. Recent scholarship suggests a different reading intended by the inscription.

A late 15th century silver testone from Italy shows the Duke of Ferrara and a horse modeled after a statue by Leonardo Da Vinci.

The Pobjoy Mint has issued a commemorative “Pearl Black” 50-penny coin to celebrate the Penny Black stamp.

An unusual and extensive offering of money used throughout southeast Asia from the collection of researcher Charles J. Opitz was offered in Hong Kong at Heritage’s Dec. 5 to 6 World Coin auction.

Silver and gold Swiss shooting talers are being issued for the 2020 federal shooting festival scheduled for Lucerne from June 12 to July 12.

China has issued a rounded square 5-yuan coin to begin a series highlighting the nation’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

This 1945 silver threepence, recently authenticated and graded MS-63 by NGC, is scheduled to be auctioned in March 2020, with an estimate of £15,000 to £25,000 ($19,812 to $33,019).

Tennis star Roger Federer is the subject of a new, and already very popular, 20-franc coin from Switzerland.

A modern restrike of a classic 1687 medal for an earlier shipwreck has sold at auction.

Belgium’s practice of rounding cash purchases to the nearest increment of 5, further decreasing use of 1- and 2-cent coins, is now mandatory, more than five years after a soft implementation of the practice began.

The Royal Mint celebrates the classic Christmas cartoon The Snowman on new 50-penny coins.

The cultural value of found coin treasure, and how finders can treat it, differs greatly between the United States with its 200+ years of history and the United Kingdom, where finds can predate the A.D. epoch.

The 10th, and final, circulating commemorative coin from Peru’s Endangered Wildlife series has been released, this coin showing the Titicaca water frog.

Four residents of the United Kingdom have received prison sentences for failing to abide by UK law after they did not declare a discovery of a Viking Age hoard of some 300 coins and assorted jewelry.

Building on the success of a similar program last year, the Pobjoy Mint will be striking 50-pence coins depicting the character Father Christmas for the 2019 holiday season. Colorized and noncolorized coins will be issued, in Proof and regular finishes.

The Royal Australian Mint will celebrate the centennial of Australia’s famous air travel company Qantas in 2020 with a circulating dollar coin.

A 1790 Venetian silver osella (medallic coin) offered in the Dec. 5 auction from Numismatica Ars Classica marks victory over pirates in the Mediterranean.

Two decades after being named executive director of the American Numismatic Society, Dr. Ute Wartenberg has stepped down to return to full-time numismatic research.