A Kazakh-born cosmonaut carried a 2014 copper-nickel 50-tenge coin on a 2015 space mission and that coin is now in a Kazakhstan museum for exhibit, thanks to a collector's intervention.

Jeff and Larry welcome back original podcast host Chris Bulfinch, who re-joins the Coin World staff. This week’s topics include auction buys, recent articles and getting caught up with what’s been going on with Chris.

The nation's first African American woman to serve as a federal judge could be the posthumous recipient of a congressional gold medal if a proposed Senate bill is passed.

A 32-gun frigate of the British Royal Navy that served in the American War of Independence and the Napoleonic Wars now appears on a dollar coin in a Ship series from Pobjoy Mint.

With an emphasis on diversity, an advisory council narrowed the choices among potential subjects for Canada's next $5 note to eight candidates, from which the minister of finance will chose one.

Ventris C. Gibson, currently acting Mint director and now nominated to a full five-year term as the 40th director of the Mint, has an opportunity to repair relationships with Mint customers.

Top quality Morgan dollars to be offered in an upcoming Heritage auction in Dallas will be available for viewing as part of the Feb. 15 to 19 Long Beach Expo in California.

A 2022 3-ounce silver coin issued by Barbados includes an imbedded genuine chondrite meteorite and is uniquely shaped to offer great appeal, with a limited mintage of only 999 pieces.

More than 3,000 pieces of deaccessioned Confederate currency, all issued on Feb. 17, 1864, will be sold by the South Carolina Archives & History Center on the anniversary of issue.

The Royal Canadian Mint offers a Proof 2022 .999 fine gold $100 coin to mark the centennial of the passing of inventor Alexander Graham Bell, who resided in Canada for many years.