Russia 10 roubles 2011 - Belgorod

New circulating commemorative:

"Cities of Military Glory: Belgorod"



SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: brass plated steel
Weight: 5.63 g
Diameter: 22.00 mm
Thickness: 2.20 mm
Edge: reeded and plain sections

(information by Antony and Taneli Perätalo)

LINK: Bank of Russia

Kazakhstan 50 tenge 2011 - Hawk Owl

New circulating commemorative:

"Animals: Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia Ulula)"



Pictures of this nice bird:



SPECIFICATIONS
Weight: 11.37 g
Diameter: 31.00 mm
Thickness: 2.00 mm
Edge: grooved with 10 sectors of corrugation

LINK: National Bank of Kazakhstan
LINK: Northern Hawk Owl in Wikipedia

Sri Lanka 10 rupees 2011 - 2600th Sambuddathva Jayanthi

New circulating commemorative:

"2600th Sambuddathva Jayanthi"

The Rs 10 coin will be issued to circulation by June 2011.

A silver Rs 1000 coin will be issued too, minted at the Royal Mint Ltd, UK.



(information from Pabitra Saha)

Ukraine 5 hryvnia 2011 - 150 years of Taras Shevchenko's death

New commemorative:

"150th anniversary of Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko's death"

Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko was a Ukrainian poet, artist and humanist. His literary heritage is regarded to be the foundation of modern Ukrainian literature and, to a large extent, the modern Ukrainian language. Shevchenko also wrote in Russian and left many masterpieces as a painter and an illustrator.



SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: CuNiZn
Weight: 16.54 g
Diameter: 35.00 mm
Mintage: 35 000

(information by Gijs Vlothuizen)
(biographical data taken from Wikipedia)

LINK: National Bank of Ukraine

India 5 rupees 2010 Brihadeeswarar varieties

Yesterday I got several pieces of this new circulating commemorative from India.
I could easily see that there are two varieties.
The reverses are exactly the same, both with Mumbai Diamond Mint mark, but there are two obverses, one with high detail (right) and the other one with that soft detail of some of the latest Indian coins (left):



Closer detail of the lion heads:



Letters in word "RUPEES":



Another closer look:



Another one:

Russia 25 roubles 2011 - Sochi 2014 Winter Games

New circulating commemorative:

"XXII Olympic and XI Paralympic Winter Games in 2014 in Sochi"



Sochi Winter Games logo:



SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: CuNi
Diameter: 27.00 mm
Edge: corrugated
Mintage: 10 000 000

LINK: Bank of Russia
LINK: Sochi 2014

New coins in Israel

The Bank of Israel is planning to change the country's current series of coins after 25 years, following a recent government decision to change all of the State's banknotes.

The decision is aimed at preventing forgeries, reducing the cost of the metal used to manufacture the coins (current production costs of the 10 agorot and 50 agorot coins are almost equal to their nominal value) and changing the current name "new Israeli shekel" to the previous name "shekel" on all new coins issued.

The plan is to issue a whole new series of coins with new designs, which have yet to be decided on. The central bank's advising committee will discuss the new design.
The new coins will enter circulation within 2-3 years.

LINK: Israel News
LINK: Globes
LINK: Virtual Jerusalem

(information by Pabitra Saha)

Georgia 10 lari 2009 - Saint George in Ilori

New silver commemorative:

"Church of St. George in Ilori"



A remarkable monument of Georgian architecture, the church of Saint George in Ilori (Ochamchire region), Abkhazia, was built in 11th century and represents one of the most important praying places for all of Georgia. Walls of the church bear several old Georgian inscriptions performed by Georgian orthodox believers of different generations.



(information by David Mikeladze)

LINK: National Bank of Georgia

SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: Silver .925
Weight: 28.28 g
Diameter: 38.61 mm
Mintage: 1,500
Mint: Mint of Finland

Australia 20 cents 2011 - Women's Day

New circulating commemorative:

"Centenary of International Women's Day"



On 8 March 2011, the world celebrated the centenary of International Women's Day. To recognise this milestone a special circulating 20c rolled coin has been produced by the Royal Australian Mint. This commemorative coin pays tribute to the past and future contributions of Australian women to the development of Australia's prosperity.

LINK: Royal Australian Mint

SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: CuNi
Weight: 11.30 g
Diameter: 28.52 mm
Mintage: Unlimited
Designer: V. Gottwald

Panama 25 centesimos 2009 - Coloured flag

Some time ago, some sources mentioned this new circulating commemorative in Panama. 2 million Balboas were to be minted in 25 cents coins, with a Panama flag embossed color image superimposed on the "Palace of the Herons", the presidential building.

Updates from january 2013: Juan Carlos Jiménez, a well known expert on Panama coins tells that although the issue of this coin was planned (and even has a coinage law), it seems that has never been struck and he does not believe they will ever be issued, as other coin issues take precedence.

Only this low quality image is available right now:



(image by Michael Reissner)
(information from by numismaticworldnews.blogspot.com)

The real building, Palace of the Herons (Palacio de las Garzas):



LINK: numismaticworldnews.blogspot.com