A rare silver penny from the ruler Ludica, struck circa 826 to 827, is being offered by Dix Noonan Webb in its March 10 auction.

Registry set collecting excites some collectors who love this competitive segment of the hobby, and the ANA announced Jan. 28 that it will partner with NGC to develop an ANA registry, where members will compete for prizes valued at more than $20,000.

April 7 is scheduled for the U.S. Mint’s official launch ceremony for the 2020 Weir Farm National Historic Site quarter dollar, but it is not at the Weir Farm.

The Houtis, an Iranian-backed Islamic extremist group who control the northern part of Yemen, have outlawed the use and possession of new Yemeni riyals. As a result, older riyals are reappearing.

The news article here about a genuine 1776 Continental dollar purchased for 56 cents from a dealer’s junk box of coins and other assorted numismatic pieces is proof that great finds await lucky collectors.

Collectors who love patterns in unusual metals might be drawn to a 1913 platinum 8-penny piece, sometimes known as a octarino, depicting George V, that was sold at auction in January.

Retired BEP employees confirm serpentine red markings found on five Series 1995 $1 star notes issued for the Philadelphia district are consistent with hand-applied defacement markings.

Heritage Auctions' March 14 Nature and Science sale in Dallas, Texas, will feature gold, silver, platinum and copper in their natural state, including a platinum nugget weighing 18.23 troy ounces.

The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority issued a $1 commemorative bank note Jan. 28 to mark the 60th anniversary last year of the country’s first written constitution.

A gold ducat klippe from 1529 struck in Vienna during the Ottoman siege on the city is offered March 20 in Fritz Rudolph Künker’s auction No. 336.

Stack’s Bowers Galleries is busy preparing for its Part VI and Part VII offerings of the D. Brent Pogue Collection at its March 18 to 20 auctions held during the Whitman Baltimore Expo.

A 70.8-pound Yap stone is the largest of six offered at Kagin’s auction of the Kenneth L. Hallenbeck’s collection of “Odd and Curious” money to be conducted at the February ANA National Money Show in Atlanta.

The U.S. Mint is awaiting the signature of Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on a resolution from the state legislature seeking 5 million 2020 Native American dollars for circulation in the state.

Learn more about 10 “rare” U.S. coins that cost less than $500 each and the most common of the Seated Liberty 20-cent coins in articles found only in the March 2020 monthly issue of “Coin World.”

A genuine 1776 Continental dollar struck in pewter, now cerified PCGS MS-62 by grading experts at the Paris office and valued at nearly $100,000, was purchased unidentified for 50 cents euro (56 cents U.S.) from a flea-market dealer’s junk box in Europe.

The most-read articles of the past week included those about the Proof 2020-W Jefferson 5-cent coin, a fast sellout of a coin offered by the Swissmint, and a celebration at the old Carson City Mint.

Jeff, recently returned from Germany where he was attending the World Money Fair, presents an interview with Coin World contributor Sebastian Wieschowski.

It may be 2020, but the United States Mint still has one 2019 coin to offer for the first time — the Reverse Proof 2019-S American Innovation dollar for Georgia.

At $32,400, an unlisted triple-signature Bahamas $50 note from 1965 more than doubled its $15,000 high estimate at the Stack’s Bowers Galleries world currency auction on Jan. 18.

Collectors who appreciate rarity and beauty might be drawn to the featured 1817 crown issued for George III depicting William Wyon’s beautiful Three Graces reverse.