The Circulating Collectible Coinage Redesign Act of 2020 received Senate passage but there was an amendment to it, meaning the bill has to be reviewed and approved again by the House of Representatives.

Approved obverse and reverse designs for the 2021 Christa McAuliffe commemorative silver dollar were published by the U.S. Mint, but the coin release date is not yet available.

Jeff and Chris interview Joel Orosz, coauthor of The Secret History of the First U.S. Mint, discuss legislation creating 2021 dollar coins, and review an issue of Coin World from 2011, the year Orosz's and Leonard Augsburger's book was published. Jeff shares what he's reading, and Chris whiffs a trivia question.

The Central Bank of Nigeria is the target of a human rights lawyer suing for removal of the Arabic script for the Hausa language identity of denominations on several older notes in circulation.

A commemorative bank note with no assigned value will be used to pay honor to the first astronaut of independent Ukraine, who travelled to space aboard the U.S. space shuttle Columbia.

Finally, we get some good news in 2020: Congress passed legislation authorizing the Mint to strike coins in 2021 celebrating the centennial of the transition from the Morgan dollar to the Peace dollar.

One of the finest-known 1804 Draped Bust dollars, offered in Stack's Bowers Galleries' Larry H. Miller Collection auction, realized $3,360,000; Miller's 1894-S dime realized $1,440,000.

The third quarter report from the Royal Canadian Mint indicates demand for bullion remains strong, as that segment of its manufacturing and sales is driving a revenue increase of over 100 percent.

The ANS's new Collier Prize, honoring the life and work of James M. Collier, awards the best single- or multi-authored book, catalog, or online digital work in the field of ancient numismatics.

A new version of Lebanon’s 100,000-pound bank note is in circulation, commemorating the 2020 centennial of the establishment of Greater Lebanon and featuring a new level of security features.