The American goldfinch is featured on the Royal Canadian Mint's Colourful Birds issue for 2024, a Proof .9999 fine silver $20 coin released June 4. The brightly colored bird is perched on a purple aster.

The return of the Tyrant Collection to the World's Fair, this time with Egyptian coins, caught high interest this week along with news of a medal to honor a World War II battle.

A contemporary counterfeit, or fourrée (plated copy), of an EID MAR denarius sold for £9,600 in a sale by Baldwin's at the end of May.

Visitors to the American Numismatic Association World's Fair of Money in Rosemont, Illinois, in August will get a chance to see another portion of the Tyrant Collection, this time a display of coins of Egypt.

The Royal Mint officials, noting a decided increase in interest in that mint's products in the United States, names the Rare Coin Company of America its official distributor to help expand the market.

The Royal Dutch Mint has issued a Brilliant Uncirculated copper-nickel medal to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944, during World War II.

The importance of the bee to the sustaining of the environment and eco0l,ogical progress is highlighted through Belgium's newest €2.5 coin struck from brass and including a multi-view element.

A Proof 1891 Queen Wilhemina, Long Hair silver 25-cent coin, the only one in private hands, eclipsed the $1 million mark during a recent Heritage Auctions European sale.

It has been 60 years since the Buffalo wing was created and started to appear as a staple for gatherings and restaurant menus, and a silver coin in the shape of the snack marks the anniversary.

The fifth release in the "Six Decades of 007" coin series reflects on the decade of the 2000s with a reverse design showing the hovercraft from the 2002 Bond movie "Die Another Day."

The finest example of the Petition Crown, offered in a May 8 Zürich auction, established a new record for British coins sold at auction, as this rare 1663 coin realized 949,375 Swiss francs.

A silver crown from the brief period of the existence of the nation of Biafra will be a highlight in the Stephen Album Rare Coins' Auction No. 49 in mid-June.

The only gold 20-corona coin available to collectors issued by the last Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary is offered in a June Künker’s auction.

The beauty of New Zealand's night sky is captured on two 2024 .999 fine silver $1 coins, one for a dark starry sky, and one for the Southern Lights, in a two-coin set issued by the New Zealand Post.

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the pivotal action in World War II known as D-Day, the Royal Mint is offering a number of coins, including a gold sovereign to be struck on June 6.

A Proof .925 fine silver €10 coin that celebrates the invention of Archimedes' screw is part of the Ancient Greek Technology series of coins for Greece with a mintage limit of 2,000 coins.

The 2024 Tuvalu $5 Starry Sky and Planets coin employs multiple technologies to showcase the grandeur and wonder of space, according to the Perth Mint.

More than 40 years after his death, AC/DC singer Bon Scott is being honored on silver $1 coins made by the Perth Mint that sold out a total mintage of 5,000 coins.

The Netherlands is accepting reservations for its annual gold ducat and double ducat coins, which will be minted to match orders, and the presale window closes May 25.

A highlight of an early May sale by MDC Monaco was a circa 327 gold 2-solidi medallion of Constantine II, believed to be the only one of its type in private hands.