Numismatist Ricardo Lopez has been conducting research to positively identify a circa 1807 shipwreck in the ocean waters surrounding Cuba that yielded roughly 175 silver 8-real coins issued by a handful of Spanish Colonial nations.

Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History announced the theft of numismatic items from a museum at the Fort of Guadalupe, site of an important battle in 1862 where Mexicans achieved a victory that is celebrated every May 5.

An array of Thailand’s famous "bullet money,' including several lots from the Charles Opitz Collection, was offered during Heritage Auctions’ Dec. 5 and 6 auction in Hong Kong.

This 1907-S Philippines peso graded PCGS MS-66 is among the finest-known. The condition rarity brought $15,600 at Stack’s Bowers’ offering of the Pasig River Collection this past summer.

The Royal Mint has announced five circulating commemorative United Kingdom coins for 2020. These honor the Mayflower, Victory in Europe Day, Dame Agatha Christie, the Olympics and George III.

Of the 2,558 Proof pesos struck at the Philadelphia Mint in 1903, this PCGS Proof 66 example is especially attractive and sold for $3,840 at the ANA World's Money Fair in August 2019.

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.