Hungary’s only gold coin design for 2020 celebrates the 15th century gold florin of King Ulászló (Vladislaus) of Jagiello (1440 to 1444).

A 1951-D Lincoln cent is rare only in very top grades, but the single PCGS MS-68 example is the sole finest known. Bidders agreed that it was special, and it brought $6,600 in Orlando Jan. 8, sold by Heritage Auctions at the FUN show.

A Florida treasure salvage company plans operations in 2020 to recover gold it says is worth more than $7 billion that the firm asserts was aboard the RMS “Republic” when it sank in 1909 south of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.

Jeff and Chris interview Robert Levinson, an expert on early dated coins. The hosts also discuss proof sets of 1970 and demonstrate just how out of date the Coin World Trivia game is.

One of the 1969-S Lincoln, Doubled Die Obverse cents in the Heritage FUN auction in Orlando is distinctive, with a large finger print on the obverse, but for this key issue the MS-62 red and brown grade is understandable.

Max Spiegel, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, discusses the NGC Registry and its benefits for collectors.

America’s Founding Fathers 2020 Currency set is the newest addition to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Premium Currency Products line.

A website covering the art world included two numismatic stories in its list of 11 important discoveries in art during 2019.

One of the highlights for attendees at the Early American Coppers 2020 convention April 30 to May 3 will be a visit to the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and the George H. Clapp Collection of U.S. large cent duplicates.

The third coin in the Australia at Night series is in the marketplace, this one honoring the echidna.

Notes of British India and Sarawak were among the highlights of the January auction of world bank notes conducted by Spink in New York City.

Heritage’s recent FUN auctions in Orlando had a nice selection of Lincoln cents that show broad demand in this ongoing series, including this PCGS MS-66+ 1909-S Lincoln, V.D.B. cent, a perennial favorite from the initial year.

A Chinese icon, Liang Jun, the country’s first female tractor driver and the subject of the People’s Republic of China’s 1-yuan note from the 1960s to 1996, died at the age of 90 on Jan. 14.

Updated sales figures from the U.S. Mint for the Enhanced Reverse Proof 2019-S American Eagle silver dollar were posted on the Mint’s website Jan. 22. Sales of the coin were conducted Nov. 14.

The West Point Mint version of the first America the Beautiful quarter dollar of the new year, for American Samoa, will be the last of the special coins to be placed into circulation.

Columns exclusive to the digital and print editions of the Feb. 10 issue of “Coin World” cover such topics as 1875-S Seated Liberty dimes and a counterfeit of a key-date Mexican coin.

Two themes led last week’s most-read articles: 2020-W Jefferson 5-cent coins and America the Beautiful quarter dollars, and privy marks.

An engraved halfpenny created for a Moses Robus apparently circa 1776 is being offered at auction Feb. 1 in London.

Chief Numismatist at Witter Coin, Seth Chandler, discusses the opening of their new coin shop in San Francisco.

The Florida United Numismatists auctions held in the first weeks of January both replenish dealer inventories and serve as a gauge of the rare coin market. Top quality coins were in demand at the 2020 auctions.