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During WWII a soldier discovered coins in northern Australia which are said to come from the mediaeval Kilwa Sultanate in Tanzania. Did early connections between Africa and Australia exist? An expedition is to answer how these coins arrived there and what this means.

British Pobjoy Mint announces the release of an amazing new blue titanium coin on behalf of the Government of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands which celebrates the largest known animal ever to exist – the Blue Whale.

Canadian numismatic magazine Canadian Coin News is now offering a digital version. Electronic subscribers outside of Canada and the United States can also save money, since the electronic version is offered at the same rate anywhere in the world.

Franky Leeuwerck explains how to use Google Images for finding collectibles like certificates – or coins – on the web. If you want to know, where a coin comes from, just make a photo and Google will find similar objects for you.

The 2013 Europa star silver coin series celebrates “European Authors” and the Austrian Mint will honor the humanist and pacifist Stefan Zweig to be featured on the Austrian coin.

For centuries, eggs and rabbits have been a part of Easter, appearing in forms that range from the traditional to the exclusive. Coin Invest Trust has brought both together with an Easter bunny coin and three magnificent coins inspired by the style of the famed Fabergé eggs.

Whitman Publishing is giving away Uncirculated 1943 steel cents to readers who order sets of its new “U.S. Army in World War II: European Theater of Operations” books.

The Swiss National Museum in Zurich displays the exhibition ‘ANIMALI. Animals and Mythical Creatures from Antiquity to the Modern Age’ from March 1 until July 14, 2013 showing the changes in myths and legends over the course of different epochs.

During construction works nearby the Rotterdam townhall archaeologists made an extraordinary find. They discovered an old leather shoe containing 477 Dutch silver coins dating from the 15th and 16th centuries.

Isle of Man issues a one crown coin dedicated to the only monarchs in British history who have ever celebrated a Diamond Jubilee: Queen Victoria and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. since this year marks an anniversary of both Coronations.