Two bank notes printed on a somewhat unique substrate, not cotton paper, not polymer, but walrus skin parchment, stood out in the Jan. 9 Heritage Auctions world currency auction in Orlando.

Move over, Baby Yoda, and make way for social media’s new darling creatures: Baby Bat and Mama, both found on the first America the Beautiful quarter dollar for 2020.

The 2020-S America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof set will go on sale from the U.S. Mint at noon Eastern Time Feb. 20.

Invisible ink may be the next counterfeit deterrent, as scientists in India experiment with new chemicals that have multiple possible security applications.

The latest, but still to be audited, sales for the 2018 Proof, Silver Proof and Uncirculated Mint sets show totals for the numismatic products that are the lowest in decades.

Numismatist Ricardo Lopez has been conducting research to positively identify a circa 1807 shipwreck in the ocean waters surrounding Cuba that yielded roughly 175 silver 8-real coins issued by a handful of Spanish Colonial nations.

The West African CFA franc, since Dec. 26, 1945, the currency used by eight of the continent’s French-speaking countries, will soon be no more.

Proposed designs for a gold $25 coin and silver and bronze medals to mark 75th anniversary of the end of World War II were recommended Jan.16 by the Commission of Fine Arts.

The West Point Mint has already begun production of the five 2020-W America the Beautiful quarter dollars for distribution into general circulation, but with a twist.

Two of our features in the February 2020 issue of “Coin World” focus on the history of the Carson City Mint, which turns 150 years old this year, and the wonderful coins that it struck.