The lovable Winnie the Pooh and his friends will make appearances on the Royal Mint's limited-edition 50-penny collector coins, three per year for 2020 through 2022, available in color or plain.

Jeff and Chris discuss the legislative process that creates coinage in the United States and review an issue of Coin World from 1985. Jeff shares what he's reading, and the two discuss the portrayal of living people on American coins.

A coin of Hadrian, whose appearance differed greatly from previous Roman emperors, was featured in a recent Classical Numismatic Group auction with a selling price of $6,000.

The New York International Numismatic Convention that was scheduled for January 2021 is canceled, but auction companies expect to proceed with their sales.

A $100 note delayed due to COVID-19 concerns will be released Oct. 29 by the Reserve Bank of Australia, but pandemic precautions make collecting one directly from the bank a bit challenging.

Price increases for U.S. Mint products are sometimes necessary, but are Mint officials taking potential collector reaction into account when increasing the price of a coin, coin set or medal?

A book by Tom Jurkowsky, retired director of the U.S. Mint's Office of Corporate Communications, addresses some challenges he faced with disseminating information to the media.

A 10-coin set of America the Beautiful quarter dollars from the Denver and Philadelphia Mints with a circulation finish is being offered by the United States Mint for $10.

Orders placed for the Uncirculated 2020-W American Eagle palladium $25 coins have reached the point where the U.S. Mint will accept no more orders on the coin's 10,000-unit mintage.

Uruguay and Nicaragua both issued new polymer notes in October; Nicaragua's features a highway overpass for the bank anniversary, while Uruguay's, for circulation, show national heroes.