Dear friends,

thank you very much for following and collaborating with this blog during 18 wonderful years. It's been a great pleasure to keep posting updates for so long. But I'm afraid my time and energy for maintaining this blog are too scarce lately. If I can't do it right, I prefer not to do it. And my mental health will be thankful for having taken this decision.

Please let me end this little farewell with my deepest wish, which of course is applicable to every single place in this great world that we should always respect and love. This is the only thing that really matters:

Spain 40 euro 2025 - Spanish Navy training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano

New commemorative type to be issued on june 2nd:

"Spanish Navy training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: silver .925
Diameter: 33.00 mm
Weight: 18.00 g
Mint: Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (Spain)

LINK: Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre

Costa Rica 10 colones 2023 - New design

New design for the lowest denomination:



(image taken from www.bccr.fi.cr)

LINK: Banco Central de Costa Rica

Ukraine 10 hryven 2025 - The National Guard of Ukraine

New circulation commemorative type:

"The National Guard of Ukraine"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: nickel-electroplated zinc-based alloy
Diameter: 23.50 mm
Weight: 6.40 g
Thickness: 2.30 mm
Mint: NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works (Ukraine)

LINK: National Bank of Ukraine

Central African States 2024 - New coin family

Nine new circulation types were presented recently:



(image taken from www.beac.int)

LINK: Banque des États de l'Afrique centrale (BEAC)

Canada 1 dollar 2025 - 150th anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada

New commemorative circulation type in normal and coloured versions:

"150th anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: three-ply brass plated steel
Diameter: 26.50 mm
Weight: 6.27 g
Artist: Silvia Pecota

(image taken from www.mint.ca)

LINK: Royal Canadian Mint

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