The Royal Mint has unveiled designs for commemorative coins celebrating D-Day, Sherlock Holmes, Samuel Pepys, Josiah Wedgwood, and Queen Victoria.

The Royal Mint marked its 50th anniversary at the south Wales site in Llantrisant on Dec. 17, 2018.

Three countries in the eurozone plan to release circulating commemorative €2 coins in early 2019 celebrating artists and regional culture.

In 2019 Canada will issue commemorative coins to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day and the 50th anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality.

A gold aureus of Antoninus Pius alluding to his victory in Britain in about A.D. 141 is offered in Davissons Ltd.’s auction No. 38 closing Feb. 27.

2019's “Coins of England & the United Kingdom” published by Spink is now available in the United States from Coin & Currency Institute.

A 14th century giant bronze coin issued in China intended to back a paper money issue appears in Stephen Album Rare Coins’ Jan. 17 to 19 auction.

The RCM is finishing 2018 with the last coin in its “Keepers of the Parliament” series and beginning 2019 with the first coin of the Zodiac series.

The Royal Mint will issue a set of 2019 commemorative coins to “bring to life ... the epic story” of the Tower of London.

A silver penny of Harold II, struck at the London Mint, is one of many highlights in The New York Sale’s auction XLVI Jan. 9 in New York City.

Molossia, a micronation near Dayton, Nevada, commissioned a medallic creation honoring a British man who proclaimed himself Emperor of the United States.

The popular image of Santa Claus is entwined with the Coca-Cola brand. The two come together on a new silver dollar for Fiji struck by the Scottsdale Mint.

A new book by Kevin Clancy of the Royal Mint Museum available from Spink explores how money and war have collided and influenced one another.

A 1929 gold LZ 127 (Graf Zeppelin) medal sold in a recent auction in Germany is an affordable way to own gold with historical value as well.

A rare Duvivier gold medal with an American connection sold for a hammer price of €25,000 ($28,248 U.S.) in a Nov. 15 Monaco auction.

The Pobjoy Mint inadvertently created an error coin, a Pegasus 2-ounce silver dollar that features the wrong application of frosting.

The 2019 Swiss shooting talers, for Appenzeller, are ready for pre-order, with delivery in January. The silver version has a mintage limited to 1,500 pieces.

Solomon Islands Proof .999 fine silver $10 coin bears a brilliant full-color motif depicting a field of red poppies.

A new overdate variety of gold sovereign from Australia has surfaced 150 years after it was made. The 1868/6 coin was recently certified by PCGS.

A rare silver penny of Viking ruler Eric Bloodaxe, though damaged, realized a hammer price of $17,000 in Classical Numismatic Group’s e-auction ending Nov. 14.