New circulation family:
These bond coins would be at par with the US cents, that is trading one for one with US cents.
They will be distributed to the public through normal banking channels and shall be in circulation starting
December 18 2014.
The 50c coins would be released into the market in
March 2015 due to the prerequisite security features needed in the design and manufacture of this coin.
Wolfgang Schuster sent this information on
coin specifications:
Value/Weight/Diameter/Edge/Composition1 cent/2.50 g/17.00 mm/plain/copper plating (magnetic)
5 cents/3.00 g/18.00 mm/plain/brass plating (magnetic)
10 cents/4.90 g/20.00 mm/reeded/brass plating (magnetic)
25 cents/5.00 g/23.00 mm/reeded/steel (magnetic)
(news by
Pabitra Saha and
Aidan Work)
(image by
Johann Siemens)