Australia 20 cents 2013 - Army Chaplains

New CuNi commemorative:

Australia Remembers series: Army Chaplains



(information by Peter Kaminsky)

SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: CuNi
Weight: 11.30 g
Diameter: 28.52 mm
Edge: plain
Designer: A. Meszaros

LINK: Royal Australian Mint

Belgium 2 euro 2013 - Royal Meteorological Institute

New bimetallic circulating commemorative:

The winning design for the Belgium 2 euro commemorative in 2013 is chosen:



(news by Pabitra Saha)

SPECIFICATIONS
External ring: CuNi
Center disc: 3 layers, Ni-Brass, Ni, Ni-brass
Diameter: 25.75 mm
Width: 2.20 mm
Weight: 8.50 g

Ukraine 5 & 10 hryvnia 2013 - House with Chimaeras

New silver and CuNi commemoratives:

"House with Chimaeras by architect Vladislav Gorodetsky"

House with Chimaeras or Gorodetsky House is an Art Nouveau building located in the historic Lypky neighborhood of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Situated across the street from the President of Ukraine's office at No. 10, Bankova Street, the building has been used as a presidential residence for official and diplomatic ceremonies since 2005.



The real building:



Closer detail of some of its fantasy creatures:



(news by Gijs Vlothuizen and Pabitra Saha)

LINK: National Bank of Ukraine

Luxembourg 5 euros 2013 - Beaufort Castle

New bimetallic commemorative:



Real image of the Beaufort Castle (from the Wikipedia):



(news by Pabitra Saha)
(image from www.worldbcnews.com)

Somalia 2013 - New fantasy coin family

Official or fantasy coins? very nice items, anyway :-)

We now have an answer from the Central Bank of Somalia: they have NOT ordered the mintage of these coins. So they are simply fantasies and not official Somali NCLT issues.



(news and image from Pabitra Saha)

San Marino 5 euros 2013 - Federico Fellini

New silver commemorative:

"20th anniversary of the death of Federico Fellini"



(news and image by Pabitra Saha)