Lithuania 2 euro 2025 - For the defense

New bimetallic circulating commemorative:

"For the defense"



TECHNICAL DATA
External ring: copper-nickel
Center disc: nickel-brass, nickel and nickel-brass three layers
Diameter: 25.75 mm
Weight: 8.50 g
Thickness: 2.20 mm

Spain 2 euro 2025 - Salamanca

New bimetallic circulating commemorative:

"UNESCO World Heritage: Salamanca"



TECHNICAL DATA
External ring: copper-nickel
Center disc: nickel-brass, nickel and nickel-brass three layers
Diameter: 25.75 mm
Weight: 8.50 g
Thickness: 2.20 mm
Mint: Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (Spain)

Portugal 7.5 euro 2025 - 900 years of Ponte de Lima charter

New CuNi collectors' type:

"900 years of Ponte de Lima charter"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: CuNi
Diameter: 33.00 mm
Weight: 18.50 g
Designer: Isabel Carriço and Fernando Branco
Mint: Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (Portugal)
Mintage: 30,000

LINK: Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda

Portugal 5 euro 2024 - Knowledge

New commemorative type in CuNi:

"Knowledge"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: copper-nickel
Diameter: 30.00 mm
Weight: 14.00 g
Mint: Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (Portugal)
Mintage: 20,000
Artist: António Cerqueira

LINK: Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda

Costa Rica 500 colones 2024 - 200 years of the annexation of Partido de Nicoya

New circulating bimetallic commemorative.

"200 years of the annexation of Partido de Nicoya"



TECHNICAL DATA
External ring: copper-zinc-nickel
Center disc: copper-nickel
Diameter: 28.00 mm
Weight: 10.50 g
Width: 2.25 mm

A coloured collector's issue exists as well.

(news from Egon Conti)
(image from Peter Kaminsky, eBay seller monedapeter)

LINK: Banco Central de Costa Rica

Austria 5 euro 2025 - Easter 2025: Narcissus

New commemoratives in copper and silver:

"Easter 2025: Narcissus"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: copper
Diameter: 28.50 mm
Weight: 8.90 g

Composition: silver .925
Diameter: 28.50 mm
Weight: 8.41 g

LINK: Münze Österreich

Spain 10 euro 2025 - International Women's Day / María Moliner

New collectors' commemorative type:

"International Women's Day / María Moliner"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: silver .925
Diameter: 40.00 mm
Weight: 27.00 g
Mint: Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (Spain)
Mintage: 4,000

(image from www.fnmt.es)

LINK: Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre

United Kingdom 50 pence 2025 - Mary Poppins

New CuNi commemorative collectors' type:

"Mary Poppins"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: copper-nickel
Diameter: 27.30 mm
Weight: 8.00 g
Mint: The Royal Mint

LINK: www.westminstercollection.com

Slovakia 10 euro 2025 - 950th anniversary of the founding of the Benedictine abbey in Hronské Beňadik

New silver collectors' type to be issued soon:

"950th anniversary of the founding of the Benedictine abbey in Hronské Beňadik"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: silver .900
Diameter: 34.00 mm
Weight: 18.00 g
Artist: Tomáš Lamač
Mint: Mincovňa Kremnica (Slovakia)

LINK: Mincovňa Kremnica

Suriname 2021 - Composition change

These 4 denominations changed their composition in 2021, being now nickel plated steel, thus magnetic (previously they were all made of copper-nickel):



(news by Eddy Reynaert)