The lovable Winnie the Pooh and his friends will make appearances on the Royal Mint's limited-edition 50-penny collector coins, three per year for 2020 through 2022, available in color or plain.

Jeff and Chris discuss the legislative process that creates coinage in the United States and review an issue of Coin World from 1985. Jeff shares what he's reading, and the two discuss the portrayal of living people on American coins.

A coin of Hadrian, whose appearance differed greatly from previous Roman emperors, was featured in a recent Classical Numismatic Group auction with a selling price of $6,000.

The New York International Numismatic Convention that was scheduled for January 2021 is canceled, but auction companies expect to proceed with their sales.

A $100 note delayed due to COVID-19 concerns will be released Oct. 29 by the Reserve Bank of Australia, but pandemic precautions make collecting one directly from the bank a bit challenging.

Price increases for U.S. Mint products are sometimes necessary, but are Mint officials taking potential collector reaction into account when increasing the price of a coin, coin set or medal?

A book by Tom Jurkowsky, retired director of the U.S. Mint's Office of Corporate Communications, addresses some challenges he faced with disseminating information to the media.

A 10-coin set of America the Beautiful quarter dollars from the Denver and Philadelphia Mints with a circulation finish is being offered by the United States Mint for $10.

Orders placed for the Uncirculated 2020-W American Eagle palladium $25 coins have reached the point where the U.S. Mint will accept no more orders on the coin's 10,000-unit mintage.

Uruguay and Nicaragua both issued new polymer notes in October; Nicaragua's features a highway overpass for the bank anniversary, while Uruguay's, for circulation, show national heroes.

Classic Numismatic Group's September auction provided a showcase for Imperial Roman gold coins that included well-documented examples that brought favorable sales results.

In Legend's Oct. 8 auction in Las Vegas, featuring a record-setting 1794 Flowing Hair silver dollar and other top coins, a few did not sell as bidding did not meet reserves.

COVID-19 adjustments force the Mint to abandon planned inclusion of an Uncirculated 2020-W 5-cent coin with the 2020 Uncirculated Coin sets scheduled for November release.

Prices for 15 numismatic products the U.S. Mint offers in .999 fine silver are being hiked Oct. 13 as the Mint attempts to recover costs and meet its fiduciary obligations.

The 1-cent and 2-cent coinage of the eurozone could be eliminated as the European Commission assesses their usefulness and seeks residents' opinions on the future status of the coins.

The Royal Mint offers innovative security features on 2021 Britannia gold and silver coins, allowing visual authentication, to combat counterfeiting of its high demand bullion products.

The future of U.S. coins was a prominent theme as readers watched legislative and Mint activities directly impacting designs and programs reaching deep into the 21st century.

Retiring medallic artist Michael Gaudioso had a tremendous impact on America's coinage during his 10-year tenure at the U.S. Mint, with a lengthy list of design and sculpturing contributions.

Forrest Fenn, the architect of a decade-long treasure hunt in the Rocky Mountains that ended earlier in 2020 with an as-yet unidentified finder, has passed away in New Mexico at the age of 90.

A bill in the U.S. Senate seeks further study toward changing the alloys currently used for coins and would grant the Treasury secretary discretion to make cost-saving changes.