Our top articles of the past week focused on the latest 2019-W quarter dollar, the 40th anniversary of the Anthony dollar, and U.S. Mint experiments on new coin compositions.

An MS-67 1934 Texas Centennial half dollar featuring original toning sold for $432 on March 5 during a Stack’s Bowers Galleries auction.

The Anthony dollar was issued 40 years ago this summer, after a contentious approval process that many collectors called too political.

Chris and Jeff do some numismatic myth busting, along with Andy Kimmel of Paragon Numismatics. World War II takes center stage as they explore the Canadian War Nickels and Allied military currency, as well as trying to figure out whether the Soviets snuck text onto the Roosevelt Dime in 1946.

NGC verifies a white 1943 Lincoln cent, discovered on the ground by a child 50 years ago is not zinc-coated steel, but it's not the usual copper alloy either.

A second commemorative coin program for 2020 took a step toward approval when S. 1235, the “Women’s Suffrage Centennial Coin Act,” passed the Senate on June 4.

The Central Bank of Venezuela could not pay the bill for the printing of its bank notes, and as a result, the printer De Lau Rue saw its profits fall.

New bank notes are being issued in Kenya portraying various "Kenya today" themes, with the designs also featuring native fauna.

The Pobjoy Mint and Gibraltar partner to issue a colorful 2019 copper-nickel 50-penny coin to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

A 19th century restrike of a 1783 silver medal honoring the Montgolfier brothers realized $654.50 during a recent auction.