The Assay Commission is a thing of the past, but the medals issued during its existence from 1797 to 1977 have a lasting attraction, as results of a March Stack's Bowers sale.

The Vatican City is the latest to offer a coin honoring the birth centennial of Pope John Paul II, after his native Poland issued three coins earlier in May.

The dedicated commitment to research exemplified by the late Eric P. Newman goes on with the annual award of grants to support original numismatic research.

The Bulgarian National Bank's latest release in its new series is the 10-lev denomination, issue dated 2020 with updated security features but design elements similar to previous 10-lev issues.

The "Dazzling Rarities Collection" heads the Stack's Bowers Galleries auction on June 18 and 19, featuring top quality 19th century Seated Liberty silver coins.

The month of June starts with the latest U.S. Mint offerings on sale with the release of bags and rolls of circulation-quality 2020 Kennedy half dollars.

ANA organizers are moving forward with plans to hold the annual World's Fair of Money despite uncertain conditions and no updated direction from government officials about public events.

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee has several decisions to make at their meeting June 23, with designs for medals and coins awaiting review.

The American Eagle series, with news about privy marks, low mintage figures and the wide variety of 2020 issues, dominated reader attention and will likely remain a hot topic.

Heritage offers June 15 more than 100 examples of small-denomination, private-issue gold coins, known as fractional gold, that arose from the challenge of finding small change in California's Gold Rush era.