Australia has another circulating commemorative $2 coin for 2020, this one celebrating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II.

The Pobjoy Mint has issued its first 50-penny coin for the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands. The coin celebrates the HMS Resolution, which was used by Captain James Cook to visit the island.

Austria has issued a 2020 Easter coin celebrating the Lipizzaner stallion, famous horses from Europe. Both copper and silver versions of the €5 coin are available.

The third edition of the “Directory of Circulating Coins” is now available. The directory details changes to coinage, including use of new denominations.

Organizers of the April Singapore International Coin Fair announced a new date, Aug. 14 to 16, for the 2020 show, due to the coronavirus.

Jeff and Chris speak with the sovereign ruler of Bermania, Allen Berman, a coin dealer and expert in Papal Coinage. They also discuss coinage from micronation, tiny, generally-unrecognized territories and look at an issue of Coin World from 1991.

A new 2-ounce silver $10 bullion coin series from Canada celebrates Creatures of the North, beginning with the Kraken.

Italy celebrates educator and physician Maria Montessori with a circulating commemorative €2 coin in 2020.

A silver 50-kopek coin from 1912 depicts Czar Nicholas II, who would be deposed in 1917, and features a countermarked message that celebrates the historic event.

The Pobjoy Mint is issuing coins to raise funds for wildlife assistance efforts in Australia, after a devastating fire season.

Australia is issuing a colorful 2020 $2 coin to commemorate the 2020 International Cricket Council Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia.

Estonia honors the bicentennial of the sighting of Antarctica with a 2020 circulating commemorative €2 coin.

The Singapore International Coin Fair scheduled for April 3 to 5 is canceled, but organizers still hope to reschedule it in June or August; several other events in Asia are also rescheduled to later in the year.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Baltimore Field Office returned seven ancient coins to representatives of Cyprus during a ceremony Feb. 14.

A rare silver penny from the ruler Ludica, struck circa 826 to 827, is being offered by Dix Noonan Webb in its March 10 auction.

Collectors who love patterns in unusual metals might be drawn to a 1913 platinum 8-penny piece, sometimes known as a octarino, depicting George V, that was sold at auction in January.

A gold ducat klippe from 1529 struck in Vienna during the Ottoman siege on the city is offered March 20 in Fritz Rudolph Künker’s auction No. 336.

A 70.8-pound Yap stone is the largest of six offered at Kagin’s auction of the Kenneth L. Hallenbeck’s collection of “Odd and Curious” money to be conducted at the February ANA National Money Show in Atlanta.

Collectors who appreciate rarity and beauty might be drawn to the featured 1817 crown issued for George III depicting William Wyon’s beautiful Three Graces reverse.

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