Chris and Jeff interview Michael O'Malley, a history professor at George Mason University who wrote Face Value: The Entwined Histories of Money and Race in America. They also review an edition of Coin World from 2012, and Chris contends with a question about Shield Nickels.

Two versions of silver bullion coins are being produced to once again pay tribute to the 1985 movie Back to the Future with the latest offerings in $1 and $2 denominations.

There are reports that a treasure chest hidden in the Rocky Mountains 10 years ago has been discovered, but the only evidence of the discovery rests with the hider of the chest.

The United States and Russia differ regarding the legitimacy of Libyan bank notes produced by a Russian state-owned agency for use in Benghazi, and seized by Malta.

Counterfeit money has long been a topic of discussion and publications on the subject from the 19th century intrigued collectors at a May Kolbe & Fanning literature sale.

Cambodia is moving to a blockchain payment program that will end its dependence on small denomination Federal Reserve notes, but merchants fear accepting the notes now.

A U.S. Medal of Honor from the Spanish-American War was sold in a German auction for three times the estimate because U.S. officials created publicity by protesting the auction.

A PCGS MS-65 1933 Indian Head gold $10 eagle, one of about 40 surviving examples, topped bidding in Heritage Auctions' Premier Session June 4, realizing $408,000.

The Royal Bank of Scotland released the third note in its "Fabric of Nature" polymer series, the £20 note pairing entrepreneur Catherine Cranston with two red squirrels and a midge.

Veteran Florida numismatist Larry Lee, known for his majority ownership of the former George O. Walton 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent coin, has passed away at the age of 70.