The FIFA World Cup 2026™ is currently underway in North America. As co-hosts of this year’s event, Mexico, the United States, and Canada have each released dynamic commemorative coins celebrating the world’s biggest football tournament.

The Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten (CBCS) has issued two commemorative coins to mark the Curaçao national football team’s qualification for the 2026 World Cup ; Monnaie de Paris has unveiled a new gold investment offering, Marianne Or, and its digital counterpart, eMarianne Or ; the South African Mint has launched its first-ever high-relief coin collection titled ‘The African Range’; and the National Bank of Ukraine has issued a new commemorative coin honouring Alexandra Exter, a leading figure of the 20th-century European avant-garde – a Ukrainian Cubo-Futurist artist, educator, and a pioneer of Art Deco.

In the Chinese conception of time, Chinese New Year is a vital juncture for new beginnings and new prospects, while the Twelve Chinese Zodiac Signs serve as cultural markers of time cycles. Among the zodiac animals, the fire horse symbolises vitality, freedom, reliability, progress, and success. The 2026 circulating commemorative coin for the Year of the Horse marks the final issue of the second series of Chinese New Year commemorative circulating coins.

Over the years, mints around the world have marked Remembrance Day with specially designed commemorative coins, honouring the lives and sacrifices of those who served. These coins tell a story not only of conflict and remembrance, but of the evolving ways we choose to commemorate history. Here, we cover a few recent commemorative issues.

The Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards have been held every year since 1984, with a panel of judges nominating ten coins in each of the ten award categories. The winners of the most recent edition of the annual COTY Awards were announced at the 2025 World’s Fair of Money®, held in Oklahoma City mid-August.

Updating the effigy featured on circulating coinage is common when a change of monarch occurs, such as in the case of the death of the late Queen Elizabeth II and ascension of King Charles III to the throne, or the abdication of Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II to pass the title on to her son, King Frederik X. This is also the case with the Vatican – the smallest sovereign state in the world located within Rome.

Coin & Mint News™ continues our ‘Remarkable New Issues’ segment, in partnership with CoinsWeekly, by highlighting three new creative collectible issues – including an unusual shape, multi-faceted design, and colourful imagery.

Coin & Mint News™ continues its ‘Remarkable New Issues’ segment, in partnership with CoinsWeekly, by highlighting three new collectible issues with dynamic designs – and in the case of Austria, a colourful centrepiece.

Coin & Mint News™ continues our ‘Remarkable New Issues’ segment, in partnership with CoinsWeekly, by highlighting three new collectible issues that celebrate a national icon or animal – and in the case of Canada, both.

As 8 March marked International Women’s Day, it seemed apt this month to take a look at some recent programmes that pay tribute to several notable women.