The second edition of Howard Daniel III's catalog of coins and paper money of North Vietnam from 1946 to 1978 is now available.

Few American numismatists will recognize the name of the Italian statesman Francesco Crispi (born 1818, died 1901).

There are any number of reasons to modify a coin’s design. It might be done to improve the strike or reduce wear in particularly vulnerable areas.

Portugal’s newest circulating commemorative €2 coin celebrates a famous bridge in the nation’s capital city.

Portugal celebrates the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil with a circulating commemorative €2 coin

Slovenia marks the 25th anniversary of its independence with a circulating commemorative €2 coin.

One of the more “affordable” examples of the 1930 Australian penny highlights sale No. 83 for International Auction Galleries on April 23 in Queensland.

London auction house Morton & Eden conducted an auction March 17 of the Motcomb Collection of English silver groats.

The seaside principality of Monaco marks the 150th anniversary of its founding with a 2016 circulating commemorative €2 coin.

Several numismatic relics of World War II coming to auction on April 12 are examples of Dutch resistance against Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

The mining town of Potosi, in modern-day Bolivia, was founded on April 1, 1545, after the discovery of major silver deposits in the area.

Andorra’s first circulating commemorative €2 of 2016 celebrates an event that happened in 2014.

A monumental flop with the critics when it opened on March 31, 1889, the Eiffel Tower in Paris today is no less than an enduring symbol of the City of Light.

Tortured artistic genius Vincent van Gogh was born March 30, 1853.

A new website called Ex-Numis offers a new option for use in determining ownership history of ancient coins, by way of an image recognition program.

The pricing and availability of coins of the Twelve Caesars depends on the ruler and metal version of the coin chosen.

Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, intrepid polar explorer, died March 29, 1912, on the way home from the South Pole.

Baltic culture is the subject of Lithuania’s upcoming circulating commemorative €2 coin.

An example of Russia's famed silver Family rubles is being offered April 18 in an auction by H.D. Rauch of Vienna.

Kazakhstan's annual 50-tenge coins commemorating the Russian exploration program feature for 2015 the June 14, 1975, Venera 10 mission to Venus.