Ireland 15 euro 2017 - Sir Charles Parsons

New silver proof:

"Irish Science and Inventions: Sir Charles Parsons"



SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: .925 silver
Weight: 28.00 g
Diameter: 38.60 mm
Mintage: 6,000
Minted by: Mayer Mint GmbH, Germany
Designer: Antonella Napolione

(news and image from news.coinupdate.com and Pabitra Saha)

Finland 10 & 20 euro 2017 - Finnish nature

New silver commemoratives of 10 & 20 euro to be launched on september 18th:

"Finnish nature"



LINK: Bank of Finland
LINK: Mint of Finland

Philippines 1 piso 2016 - Isidro Torres

New circulating commemorative:

"150th birth anniversary of General Isidro Torres"



(news by Alexander Schleining and Pabitra Saha)

LINK: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Philippines 1 piso 2016 - Artemio Ricarte

New circulating commemorative:

"150th birth anniversary of General Artemio Ricarte"



(news by Alexander Schleining and Pabitra Saha)

LINK: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Philippines 1 piso 2016 - Reverend Horacio dela Costa

New circulating commemorative:

"100th birth anniversary of educator and historian Reverend Horacio dela Costa"



(news by Alexander Schleining and Pabitra Saha)

LINK: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Panama half balboa 2017 - Aljibe in Convento de la Concepción

New circulating commemorative:

This is the 8th coin of the series of 10 coins 'Old Panama':

"Aljibe in Convento de la Concepción"



(image and news by Pabitra Saha)

East Timor 200 centavos 2017 - New bimetallic type

New bimetallic circulating type:



(news and image by Natanael Lobato and Francois Ichtus)

Uzbekistan 10 som 1997 - Rivers on coat of arms

New circulation variety reported by Ivan Artamonov for KM#10.



I haven't found prior references to 10 som 1997 varieties, but in these 2 pieces it is easily seen that the coat of arms bears mountain rivers on right piece while doesn't on left one.



(news and scan from Ivan Artamonov)

Falkland Islands 50 pence 2017 - King Penguin

New commemorative:

"3rd item in the Penguin series: King Penguin (Aptenodytes Patagonicus)"



SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: CuNi
Weight: 8.00 g
Diameter: 27.30 mm
Mintage: 7,500

(news by Egon Conti)
(image taken from www.pobjoy.com)

LINK: The Pobjoy Mint

Russia 25 roubles 2018 - 2018 FIFA World Cup, type 2

New base metal commemoratives in normal and coloured editions:

"2018 FIFA World Cup"



(news by Alexander Belozerskikh)

LINK: Bank of Russia

Finland 5 euro 2017 - Urho Kaleva Kekkonen

New bimetallic commemorative:

"Presidents of Finland" series: Urho Kaleva Kekkonen



SPECIFICATIONS
Core composition: CuNi
Ring composition: Nordic Gold
Diameter: 27.25 mm
Weight: 9.80 g
Designer: Tero Lounas
Mintage 6,000 (proof) and 30,000 (unc)

(news by Pabitra Saha and Jacek Stacel)

Link: Mint of Finland

Finland 5 euro 2017 - Juho Kusti Paasikivi

New bimetallic commemorative:

"Presidents of Finland" series: Juho Kusti Paasikivi



SPECIFICATIONS
Core composition: CuNi
Ring composition: Nordic Gold
Diameter: 27.25 mm
Weight: 9.80 g
Designer: Tero Lounas
Mintage 6,000 (proof) and 30,000 (unc)

(news by Pabitra Saha and Jacek Stacel)

Link: Mint of Finland

Bolivia 5 bolivianos 2017 - Non-magnetic center disk

New circulating type:

This new 2017 type has a non-magnetic center disk, while previous KM219 was magnetic (steel core). Numista web catalog already lists this new type.



(news and scan by Wolfgang Schuster)

Peru 1 sol 2017 - Saint Rose of Lima

New silver commemorative:

"4th Centenary of the death of Saint Rose of Lima"



(news by David Velarde)

LINK: Peru Central Bank

Macedonia 1 denar 2016 - Magnetic type

New circulating type:

The 2016 type has a magnetic core (and plain edge), while previous KM2 was all made of Brass (non magnetic). Numista web catalog already lists this type as KM#2a.



(news and scan by Wolfgang Schuster)