USA 1 dollar 2022 - Tennessee Valley Authority (Tennessee)

New circulating commemorative:

"American Innovation series: Tennessee Valley Authority (Tennessee)"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: manganese-brass
Diameter: 26.49 mm
Weight: 8.40 g
Thickness: 2.00 mm

(image and data from www.usmint.gov)

LINK: The United States Mint

USA 1 dollar 2022 - Bluegrass music (Kentucky)

New circulating commemorative:

"American Innovation series: Bluegrass music (Kentucky)"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: manganese-brass
Diameter: 26.49 mm
Weight: 8.40 g
Thickness: 2.00 mm

(image and data from www.usmint.gov)

LINK: The United States Mint

USA 1 dollar 2022 - Snowboarding (Vermont)

New circulating commemorative:

"American Innovation series: Snowboarding (Vermont)"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: manganese-brass
Diameter: 26.49 mm
Weight: 8.40 g
Thickness: 2.00 mm

(image and data from www.usmint.gov)

LINK: The United States Mint

USA 1 dollar 2022 - Nathanael Herreshoff's Reliance yacht (Rhode Island)

New circulating commemorative:

"American Innovation series: Nathanael Herreshoff's Reliance yacht (Rhode Island)"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: manganese-brass
Diameter: 26.49 mm
Weight: 8.40 g
Thickness: 2.00 mm

(image and data from www.usmint.gov)

LINK: The United States Mint

USA 1 dollar 2022 - Ely Samuel Parker

New circulating commemorative:

"Native Americans series: Ely Samuel Parker"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: manganese-brass
Diameter: 26.49 mm
Weight: 8.40 g
Thickness: 2.00 mm

(image from www.usmint.gov)

LINK: The United States Mint

Italy 2 euro 2022 - 30 years since the murders of judges Falcone and Borsellino

New bimetallic circulating commemorative:

"30 years since the murders of judges Falcone and Borsellino"

Judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino spent most of their distinguished professional careers trying to overthrow the power of the Sicilian Mafia.

Falcone was assassinated by the Corleonesi mafia in a bombing in Sicily on 23 May 1992, on the A29 motorway near Palermo airport, on his way home after returning from Rome. The devastating blast also killed Falcone's wife, Francesca Movillo, and three police officers, Vito Schifani, Rocco Dicillo and Antonio Montinaro.

On 19 July 1992, Borsellino was killed by a car bomb on Via d'Amelio in Palermo, along with five police officers, Agostino Catalano, Walter Cosina, Emanuela Loi, Vincenzo Li Muli and Claudio Traina.

To mark the 30th anniversary of the murders of Falcone and Borsellino, Italy has issued this special €2 coin in their honour:



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: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (Italy)

Judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino:



LINK: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato

Transnistria 1 ruble 2021 - 30th anniversary of the Transnistrian KGB

Two new commemorative types:

"30th anniversary of the Transnistrian KGB"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: nickel plated steel
Diameter: 22.00 mm
Weight: 4.65 g


(image from eBay seller perfect-hobby)

LINK: Pridnestrovian Republican Bank

United Kingdom 50 pence 2022 - Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen

New circulation commemorative:

"Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen"



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

LINK: The Royal Mint

Italy 2 euro 2022 - 170 years of State Police (Polizia di Stato)

New bimetallic circulating commemorative:

"170 years of State Police (Polizia di Stato)"



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: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (Italy)
Artist: Luc Luycx and Annalisa Masini

LINK: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato

Belgium 2,5 euro 2022 - 100 years of Bird Protection in Belgium

New collectors' commemorative type:

"100 years of Bird Protection in Belgium"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: brass
Diameter: 25.65 mm
Weight: 10.50 g
Artist: Luc Luycx
Mintage: 25,000

(image and data from www.herdenkingsmunten.be)

LINK: Herdenkingsmunten België

Guernsey 50 pence 2022 - Around the World in 80 Days

Five new commemoratives have been issued to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Jules Verne's epic adventure story:

"Around the World in 80 Days"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: copper-nickel
Diameter: 27.30 mm
Weight: 8.00 g
Design: Stephen Lee and Ian Rank Broadley

(image taken from www.westminstercollection.com)

LINK: The Westminster Collection

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands 50 pence 2022 - Platinum Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II: Proclamation

New low-mintage commemorative:

"Platinum Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II: Proclamation"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: copper-nickel
Diameter: 27.30 mm
Weight: 8.00 g
Mint: The Pobjoy Mint
Mintage: 2.700

The coin is also available in proof sterling silver version.

LINK: The Pobjoy Mint

Isle of Man 2 pounds 2021 - We will remember them

Two new bimetallic commemoratives:

"We will remember them"



TECHNICAL DATA
External ring: nickel-bronze
Center disc: copper-nickel
Diameter: 28.40 mm
Weight: 12.00 g

Portugal 7,5 euro 2022 - 111 years of the Lisbon School of Economics & Management

New commemorative:

"111 years of the Lisbon School of Economics & Management"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: silver .500
Diameter: 33.00 mm
Weight: 13.50 g
Mint: Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (Portugal)
Mintage: 30,000
Artist: Jorge Silva

LINK: Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda

Egypt 1 pound 2022 - 70th Police Day

New bimetallic commemorative:

"70th Police Day"



TECHNICAL DATA
External ring: nickel plated steel
Center disc: brass plated steel
Diameter: 25.00 mm
Weight: 8.50 g
Thickness: 2.5 mm

(news and image from Egon Conti)

United Kingdom 50 pence 2022 - Eeyore

New CuNi commemorative in normal and coloured editions:

"Winnie the Pooh and Friends collection: Eeyore"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: copper-nickel
Diameter: 27.30 mm
Weight: 8.00 g
Mint: The Royal Mint
Design: ©Disney and Jody Clark

(images taken from www.royalmint.com)

LINK: The Royal Mint

Netherlands 5 & 10 euro 2022 - 30 years since the Maastricht Treaty was signed

New collectors' commemorative types:

"30 years since the Maastricht Treaty was signed"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: silver plated copper
Diameter: 29.00 mm
Weight: 10.50 g
Mint: Royal Dutch Mint (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Artist: Rinus van Hall
Mintage: 50,000

A 10€ gold coin has been issued too.

(image and data from www.royaldutchmint.com)

LINK: Royal Dutch Mint

Russia 10 rubles 2022 - Cities of Labour Valour: Izhevsk

New circulating commemorative:

"Cities of Labour Valour: Izhevsk"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: brass plated steel
Diameter: 22.00 mm
Weight: 5.63 g
Thickness: 2.20 g
Mintage: 1 million

LINK: Bank of Russia

Russia 10 rubles 2022 - Cities of Labour Valour: Irkutsk

New circulating commemorative:

"Cities of Labour Valour: Irkutsk"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: brass plated steel
Diameter: 22.00 mm
Weight: 5.63 g
Thickness: 2.20 g
Mintage: 1 million

LINK: Bank of Russia

Russia 10 rubles 2022 - Cities of Labour Valour: Kazan

New circulating commemorative:

"Cities of Labour Valour: Kazan"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: brass plated steel
Diameter: 22.00 mm
Weight: 5.63 g
Thickness: 2.20 g
Mintage: 1 million

LINK: Bank of Russia

Russia 10 rubles 2022 - Cities of Labour Valour: Magnitogorsk

New circulating commemorative:

"Cities of Labour Valour: Magnitogorsk"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: brass plated steel
Diameter: 22.00 mm
Weight: 5.63 g
Thickness: 2.20 g
Mintage: 1 million

LINK: Bank of Russia

Australia 50 cents 2022 - Platinum Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II

New commemorative type:

"Platinum Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: copper-nickel
Diameter: 31.51 mm
Weight: 15.37 g
Mint: Royal Australian Mint (Australia)

(images and data from www.ramint.gov.au)

LINK: Royal Australian Mint

Australia 2 dollars 2022 - Honey Bee

New commemorative type:

"Honey Bee"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: aluminium-bronze
Diameter: 20.50 mm
Weight: 6.60 g
Mint: Royal Australian Mint (Australia)


(news and image from Peter Kaminsky)

Latvia 5 euro 2022 - Winter, by Vilhelms Purvītis

New collectors' type to be issued on 25th May:

"Winter, by Vilhelms Purvītis"

Vilhelms Purvītis (1872–1945) ranks among the most remarkable painters representing the period from the end of the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century, and he was among the most prominent founders of the Latvian National Museum of Art and the Art Academy of Latvia.



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: silver .925
Diameter: 38.61 mm
Weight: 31.47 g
Mint: Lietuvos monetų kalykla (Lithuania)
Mintage: 4,000
Artist: Frančeska Kirke

This is the whole painting, at the Latvian National Museum of Art:



(news and image from Latvijas Banka)

LINK: Latvijas Banka

Gibraltar 50 pence 2022 - The World of David Walliams: Gangsta Granny

New coloured collectors' type:

"The World of David Walliams series: Gangsta Granny"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: copper-nickel
Diameter: 27.30 mm
Weight: 8.00 g
Mintage: 7,500
Mint: Pobjoy Mint

Also available in Coloured Proof Sterling Silver.

(news and image from www.pobjoy.com)

LINK: The Pobjoy Mint

Australia 1 dollar 2022 - Bicentenary of the Royal Agricultural Societies and Shows

New commemorative type:

"Bicentenary of the Royal Agricultural Societies and Shows"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: aluminium-bronze
Diameter: 25.00 mm
Weight: 9.00 g
Mint: Royal Australian Mint (Australia)

(images and data from www.ramint.gov.au)

LINK: Royal Australian Mint

Portugal 5 euro 2022 - Lourinhanosaurus Antunesi

New commemorative type to be issued in june 1st:

"Dinosaurs of Portugal: Lourinhanosaurus Antunesi"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: copper-nickel
Diameter: 30.00 mm
Weight: 14.00 g
Mint: Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (Portugal)
Artist: Joana Bruno

A coloured .925 silver proof type will be issued also (like the coin in the picture).

LINK: Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda

San Marino 2 euro 2022 - 530 years since the death of Piero della Francesca

New commemorative type:

"530 years since the death of Piero della Francesca"



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

Portugal 7,5 euro 2022 - 5th Centenary of Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigation - Mactan 1521

New commemorative:

"5th Centenary of Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigation - Mactan 1521"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: silver .500
Diameter: 33.00 mm
Weight: 13.50 g
Mint: Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (Portugal)
Mintage: 50,000
Artist: Luís Filipe Abreu

LINK: Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda

British Antarctic Territory 2 pounds 2022 - Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration: Southern Cross and Quest

New bimetallic commemorative:

"Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration: Southern Cross and Quest"



TECHNICAL DATA
External ring: nickel-bronze
Center disc: copper-nickel
Diameter: 28.40 mm
Weight: 12.00 g
Mint: The Pobjoy Mint
Mintage: 2,022

LINK: The Pobjoy Mint

United Kingdom 50 pence 2022 - 50 years of Pride - LGBTQ+

New commemorative to be released this summer:

"50 years of Pride - LGBTQ+"

The Royal Mint has revealed a commemorative 50p celebrating the 50th anniversary of Pride UK. This coin marks the first time Britain's LGBTQ+ community has been celebrated on official UK coinage, and forms part of The Royal Mint's wider commitment to diversity and inclusion.

The coin has been designed by Dominque Holmes, an east London artist, writer, and LGBTQ+ activist with a varied artistic background that includes tattoo artistry. The coin design features Pride in London's values of Protest, Visibility, Unity, and Equality in rainbows. With state-of-the-art colour printing technology, the iconic colours of the Pride progression flag are recreated with special-edition colour versions of the silver and BU coins.



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

LINK: The Royal Mint

Belgium 2 euro 2022 - Healthcare workers

New commemorative circulation type (issued in coin cards):

"Healthcare workers"



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

(image and data from www.herdenkingsmunten.be)

LINK: Herdenkingsmunten België

Slovakia 5 euro 2022 - Fauna and flora: Tatra chamois

New commemorative type to be issued in june:

"From the series Fauna and flora in Slovakia: Tatra chamois"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: brass
Diameter: 34.00 mm
Weight: 19.10 g
Mint: Mincovňa Kremnica (Slovakia)

(image from www.mint.sk)

LINK: Mincovňa Kremnica

Thailand 20 baht 2021 - 75th Anniversary King Rama IX's Mother Nursing College

New commemorative type:

"75th Anniversary King Rama IX's Mother Nursing College"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: copper-nickel
Diameter: 32.00 mm
Weight: 15.00 g
Mintage: 5 million

(news and image by Wolfgang Schuster and Pabitra Saha)

Egypt 50 piastres 2022 - 90 years of Egypt Air

New circulating commemorative:

"90 years of Egypt Air"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: brass plated steel
Diameter: 23.00 mm
Weight: 6.50 g
Thickness: 2.3 mm

Egypt 1 pound 2022 - 90 years of Egypt Air

New bimetallic circulating commemorative:

"90 years of Egypt Air"



TECHNICAL DATA
External ring: nickel plated steel
Center disc: brass plated steel
Diameter: 25.00 mm
Weight: 8.50 g
Thickness: 2.5 mm

(news and image by Eddy Reynaert and Pabitra Saha)

Croatia 2023 - Euro coin desings are ready

This is how the future Croatian euro coins will look like:

Egypt 1 pound 2022 - 150 years of The House of Books and Documents

New bimetallic circulating commemorative:

"150 years of The House of Books and Documents"



TECHNICAL DATA
External ring: nickel plated steel
Center disc: brass plated steel
Diameter: 25.00 mm
Weight: 8.50 g
Thickness: 2.5 mm

(news and image by Eddy Reynaert and Pabitra Saha)

Sri Lanka 20 rupees 2021 - 150th Anniversary of Census of Population and Housing

New circulation commemorative coin:

"150th Anniversary of Census of Population and Housing"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: nickel plated steel
Diameter: 28.00 mm
Weight: 8.59 mm
Thickness: 2.00 mm
Mintage: 2 million

(images and data taken from coins.lakdiva.org)
(news by Pabitra Saha)

LINK: Central Bank of Sri Lanka
LINK: Lakdiva coin collection

Sri Lanka 20 rupees 2020 - 150th Anniversary of the Colombo Medical Faculty

New circulation commemorative coin:

"150th Anniversary of the Colombo Medical Faculty"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: nickel plated steel
Diameter: 28.00 mm
Weight: 8.59 mm
Thickness: 2.00 mm
Mintage: 500,000

(images and data taken from coins.lakdiva.org)
(news by Pabitra Saha)

LINK: Central Bank of Sri Lanka
LINK: Lakdiva coin collection

Poland 5 zlotys 2022 - Moszna Castle

New bimetallic circulating commemorative:

"From the Discover Poland series: Moszna Castle"



TECHNICAL DATA
External ring: copper-nickel
Center disc: aluminium-bronze
Diameter: 24.00 mm
Weight: 6.54 g
Mint: Mint of Poland (Mennica Polska), Warsaw (Poland)
Mintage: 1 million
Issue date: 23/05/2022

A nice view of the Moszna Castle:



(news and image by Adam Szuler, Jacek Stącel and Peter Kaminsky)

LINK: Narodowy Bank Polski

Guyana 100 dollars 2021 - 55 Years of Independence

New circulation commemorative:

"55 Years of Independence"



(news from Guillermo Granados)

United Kingdom 50 pence 2022 - Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022

New circulation commemorative:

"Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022"



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

(news from Pabitra Saha)
(image from eBay seller twoeurocoins)

LINK: The Royal Mint

Falkland Islands 2 pounds 2022 - 40th Anniversary of Liberation

New bimetallic commemorative:

"40th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands"



TECHNICAL DATA
External ring: nickel-bronze
Center disc: copper-nickel
Diameter: 28.40 mm
Weight: 12.00 g
Mint: The Pobjoy Mint
Mintage: 2,750

LINK: The Pobjoy Mint

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands 50 pence 2022 - Quest

New low-mintage commemorative:

"Sir Ernest Shackleton's Final Expedition: Quest"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: copper-nickel
Diameter: 27.30 mm
Weight: 8.00 g
Mint: The Pobjoy Mint
Mintage: 2.750

The coin is also available in proof sterling silver version.

LINK: The Pobjoy Mint

Lithuania 2 euro 2022 - 100 years of basketball in Lithuania

New bimetallic circulating commemorative:

"100 years of basketball in Lithuania"



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: Lithuanian Mint (Lithuania)
Mintage: 750.000
Artist: Egidijus Rapolis and Luc Luycx

(image from eBay seller qramas)

LINK: Bank of Lithuania

British Antarctic Territory 50 pence 2022 - Platinum Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II

New commemorative:

"Platinum Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: copper-nickel
Diameter: 27.30 mm
Weight: 8.00 g
Mint: The Pobjoy Mint
Mintage: 2.700

LINK: www.pobjoy.com