Seldom seem rarities from the 19th century drew spirited bidding attention in the Early American Coins and Numismatic Americana session at Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ Santa Ana auctions.

Production chain disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic prompt altering plans for circulating the 2020-W Salt River Bay quarter dollars, and ditch special plans for all the 2020-W quarter dollars.

A coin shortage created by COVID-19 conditions continues to draw attention, as banks ration coins and merchants call for cashless transactions or exact change.

Bank of Poland coin offerings don't shy away from tragic events, as 2020 gold and silver coins mark 10 years since the Smolensk plane crash killed 96 people, including the top government officials.

Stargazing is a worldwide, ancient practice, as civilizations long used celestial guides to navigate and create calendars; Australia celebrates this with a 2020 half-ounce silver Emu in the Sky coin.

Penguins are a popular subject among Pobjoy Mint offerings, with four 2020 coins added to the waddle, the new series in the name of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.

The numismatic world responds to the COVID-19 pandemic by developing products that wil serve as remembrances of a time that floored the world.

The U.S. Mint will soon offer a three-coin set featuring the U.S. Virgin Islands' Salt River Bay National Historical Park, in the America the Beautiful quarter dollar series, with coins from three Mints.

A bronze medal for nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale from the time of the Crimean War tripled its presale estimate when offered for sale in June's Stephen Album auction.

Low sales of the Eleanor Roosevelt, First Spouse gold $10 coin make it a key in the series, and a PCGS Proof 70 Deep Cameo example in a First Strike holder sold for over $2,000 in June.