A Russian 2019 circulating commemorative 5-ruble coin celebrates the fifth anniversary of the “return” of Crimea to Russia.

A rare silver piastre of rebel leader Ali Bey highlights Stephen Album Rare Coins’ May 23 to 25 auction.

Joe Average, a Vancouver artist, designed the reverse of Canada’s new dollar celebrating Equality.

A collection of Brunswick coins, most of them “Wildman” talers, are being offered individually during Heidelberger Münzhandlung's May 14 and 15 auction.

Australia has a new circulating colorful commemorative $2 coin, to mark bringing home the country's soldiers and nurses after World War I.

The Royal Mint celebrates the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth with several 2019 commemorative coins, some duplicating an 1851 medal.

Poland celebrates the centennial of its 1919 Vilna offensive against the Soviets with a silver 10-zloty coin.

An 1895 silver peso from Spanish Puerto Rico is engraved with a Brooklyn soldier’s service record during the Spanish-American War.

2019 silver and gold commemorative coins from the Perth Mint feature Bugs Bunny and "The Wizard of Oz" movie.

The rarest of Australia cents, a Proof 1930 coin, has been sold in a private transaction for $1.15 million Australian dollars ($826,391 U.S.)

A bronze antoninianus coin of the usurper ruler Allectus depicts a navis lusoria, a type of ship used in third century Roman troop transport.

Australia’s new circulating 50-cent coin marks the United Nations General Assembly’s proclamation of 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages.

San Marino has issued an Uncirculated €2 coin in special packaging to mark the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci.

Emperor penguins appear on the Pobjoy Mint’s new colorful titanium coin. The £2 coin is blue in color, a color associated with cold temperatures.

Ferdinand Magellan is the latest honoree on a circulating €2 coin from Portugal, which marks the 500th anniversary of his exploration of the globe.

Circa 405 to 404 B.C. silver double siglos of Ephesus recalls the myth of Herakles (Hercules) strangling two serpents sent to kill him.

One of the most comprehensive collections of Canadian coins assembled — including Canada’s 1911 silver dollar and a 1936 Dot cent — is heading to auction.

A 1936 gold medal from the Berlin Olympics highlights Juliens’ Auctions’ April 25 sale in Beverly Hills, California.

San Marino is proud of being the first European nation to offer 5G cellular service, so naturally it has issued a €5 coin marking the milestone.

A rare gold sovereign highlights an April 29 auction in Michigan. The coin was made from gold that was originally thought to be unsuitable for striking coins.