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.

A previously unpublished, possibly unique 1739 medal for Admiral Vernon and the Battle of Portobello is in a DNW auction in April.

A gold coin missing since World War II was returned to the Klassik Stiftung Weimar (the Weimar Classics Foundation) in Germany during a March 8 ceremony.

A special Peter Rabbit design is available only on collector versions of a 2019 50-penny coin of the United Kingdom, including a colorful Proof silver version.

Mongolia’s newest 3-ounce silver collector coin captures the protoceratops, a dinosaur whose fossilized remains were found in that nation’s Gobi Desert in 1971.

The Pobjoy Mint has issued the second dollar coin in a series of six coins to be issued on behalf of the British Virgin Islands featuring flamingos.

The Royal Canadian Mint celebrates a dinosaur found in 1987 on an egg-shaped coin with glow-in-the-dark features.

The Royal Mint has issued three Proof commemorative 50-penny coins with a design inspired by black holes to celebrate scientist Stephen Hawking.

Two highlights of the Cherrywood Collection of Chinese Pattern coins, 1911 pattern silver dollars from China, are estimated to realized more than $100,000 each.

Author, dealer Harlan J. Berk, a specialist in ancient coins, provides a revised, updated personal guided tour of the numismatics of antiquity.

A gold 40-lira coin created during the 1848 Five Days of Milan uprising realized a hammer price of €2,000 during Emporium Hamburg’s March 2 auction.

Another volume in the 13-volume series "The Handbook of Greek Coinage" by Oliver D. Hoover is now available from the publisher, Classical Numismatic Group.

The 2019 A to Z 10-penny coin collection, showing an alphabet of British icons (the same ones featured in the 2018 series), is entering circulation in the UK.

Serbia’s new 2019 silver coin honoring Nikola Tesla commemorates our favorite electronic device — the remote control.

One of the Central Bank of Ireland's 2019 circulating commemorative €2 coins commemorates the centennial of the Dáil Éireann (Irish Parliament).