Malta is offering plain and colorful versions of €3 coins showcasing a painting of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio called "Saint Jerome Writing."

The Royal Australian Mint has placed six million "Donation dollars" into circulation in the past two years in a program designed to encourage offering a helping hand to those in need.

The platypus is the subject of two new colorful 2022 precious metal commemorative coins from Niue, a Proof .999 fine silver dollar and Proof .9999 fine gold $100 coin.

A 2022 £2 coin in a series honoring Antarctic exploration shows Sir Ernest Shackleton and four of his men landing the lifeboat in which they'd sailed some 800 miles in efforts to rescue the rest of the crew.

A curious tale of imitation ancient coinage can be found with the Dacian stater that will be sold during Fritz Rudolph Künker’s Oct. 18 and 19 auction.

Gold 8-escudo coins dated 1790 are rare since the king ordered his reign's first coinage backdated to 1788, but an example appears at auction Sept. 28 with Spanish auction house Cayon.

An increase in sales of the Royal Canadian Mint's silver bullion coins and in sales of collector coins helps offset a drop in overall revenue, as gold bullion sales dip 20% and costs increase.

A 1688 medal honoring William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, and fellow dissenters was sold in auction for 150 Swiss francs.

The Hungarian Mint adds the fourth coin in a series honoring the hunting and herding dogs of the nation, with a 2022 2,000-forint coin issue spotlighting the energetic mudi.

A one-year design type for coinage for India in 1911 led to outcry, as poor engraving made an elephant resemble a repugnant pig, and examples on a couple of denominations are in an upcoming sale.

A silver medal issued in 1545 depicting Henry VIII as the head of the Church of England and Ireland will be offered during Fritz Rudolph Künker’s fall auction in late September.

The final 50-penny coin in the series honoring Winnie the Pooh by the Royal Mint will be offered in base metal, silver and gold and feature Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet and Tigger.

The American Numismatic Association’s 2022 Numismatist of the Year is Roderick “Rod” Frechette, a veteran collector, coin club leader in New Mexico and promoter of coin collecting.

The Pobjoy Mint is noting the 75th anniversary of the final year of the Walking Liberty half dollar with a 2022 Reverse Frosted bullion silver dollar for the British Virgin Islands.

The saltwater crocodile and great white shark battle it out on the fourth coin in the Apex Predators series of Proof 5-ounce silver coins with gold plating issued on the behalf of Niue.

Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson is the first Canadian musician to appear on a circulating Canadian coin, with the release of a 2022 circulating commemorative dollar Aug. 15.

The smallest denomination coin in circulation in Canada is starting to see erosion of support for its continued production, according to the latest research survey on the subject of the 5-cent coin.

A 16th century painting by Italian artist Bartolomeo Passarotti that showed a coin collector of the period holding an ancient coin went unsold at a recent auction.

A Canadian copper-nickel test token from 1965 that was used for vending machine testing will be sold in a Classical Numismatic Group sale with interest in the item expected to run high.

Counterfeit €2 coins have been found in circulation near Dublin and authorities are warning the public about their existence and educating consumers about fake coins.