The Pobjoy Mint has issued its first 50-penny coin for the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands. The coin celebrates the HMS Resolution, which was used by Captain James Cook to visit the island.

Austria has issued a 2020 Easter coin celebrating the Lipizzaner stallion, famous horses from Europe. Both copper and silver versions of the €5 coin are available.

The purchase of the bulk of the Baker Collection of George Washington medals and tokens by Dwight Manley is both a personal win and a win for the numismatic community.

A report issued by the Treasury Department’s Office of the Inspector General sheds new light on the problems that halted production of the Series 2009 $100 notes.

A lustrous MS-61 example of America’s first privately minted gold coinage led bidding at Kagin’s February 27 and 28 ANA National Money Show auction in Atlanta.

Feb. 27 anybody at the ANA National Money Show could get a Proof 2020-W Jefferson 5-cent coin complementary with each 2020-S Proof set purchase from the U.S. Mint.

The spot price of palladium is testing the $3,000 an ounce plateau on the London market, outdistancing the price of gold by $1,000 an ounce or more.

Columns found only in the March 23 issue include those about changes in the Indian Head cent in 1864 and two related die marriages of the 1880 Morgan dollar.

Dwight Manley has revealed that he bought the majority of Washington tokens and medals from the William Spohn Baker Collection offered by Stack’s Bowers Galleries.

The most-read stories from the last week included stories about limited-edition products in the Basketball commemorative coin program and circulating 2020 dollar coins.

The third edition of the “Directory of Circulating Coins” is now available. The directory details changes to coinage, including use of new denominations.

Organizers of the April Singapore International Coin Fair announced a new date, Aug. 14 to 16, for the 2020 show, due to the coronavirus.

Jeff and Chris speak with the sovereign ruler of Bermania, Allen Berman, a coin dealer and expert in Papal Coinage. They also discuss coinage from micronation, tiny, generally-unrecognized territories and look at an issue of Coin World from 1991.

Collectors will pay a solid premium for nice MS-62 coins that approach the MS-63 grade, as seen in this 1884-S Morgan dollar graded PCGS MS-62 with a green CAC sticker.

A new 2-ounce silver $10 bullion coin series from Canada celebrates Creatures of the North, beginning with the Kraken.

Italy celebrates educator and physician Maria Montessori with a circulating commemorative €2 coin in 2020.

A silver 50-kopek coin from 1912 depicts Czar Nicholas II, who would be deposed in 1917, and features a countermarked message that celebrates the historic event.

The Bank of England’s polymer £20 note featuring the artist J.M.W. Turner and a portion of one of his paintings was issued on Feb. 20.

The 1795 Flowing Hair dollar has two distinct reverse varieties; Heritage offered a MS-62 Two Leaves example at its Feb. 20 to 23 Long Beach Expo auctions that sold for $75,000.

How can a coin not intended to circulate be placed into circulation in large numbers? Officials are still trying to work out the details.