Bahamas 5 cents 2015 - New design

New circulating design, following the recent changes also for the other denominations:



(news by Wolfgang Schuster and José Luis García Caballero)
(image from Hendrik Ermer)

You can order this coin from Hendrik Ermer (ermer@muenster.de) or from his eBay offers at www.ebay.com/usr/heer2k

LINK: Central Bank of the Bahamas

Bahamas 1 cent 2014 - Magnetic type

New circulating type, now it is magnetic:



(news by Wolfgang Schuster)
(image from Hendrik Ermer)

You can order this coin from Hendrik Ermer (ermer@muenster.de) or from his eBay offers at www.ebay.com/usr/heer2k.

LINK: Central Bank of the Bahamas

Saudi Arabia 50 halala 2013 & 2015 - Straight year

The 50 halala from years AH1434(2013) and AH1436(2015) have a straight year, not like previous years that had a curved one. They should all be cataloged as a different types.

In fact, as Wolfgang Schuster reports, the 50 Halala KM#68 exists in 3 distinct subtypes:

a. 1428H(2007): with curved year and calligraphy type A for 'khamsun halala' without diacritical marks

b. 1431H(2010): with curved year and calligraphy type B for 'khamsun halala' with diacritical marks

c. 1434H(2013) and 1436H (2015): with straight year and calligraphy type B for 'khamsun halala' with diacritical marks



(information and images by Wolfgang Schuster)

Kazakhstan 50 and 500 tenge 2015 - Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945

New CuNi and Silver commemoratives:

'70th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945'



(news by Taigawirbel and Pabitra Saha)

LINK: National Bank of Kazakhstan

Nepal 2000 rupees 2014 - 18th SAARC Summit

New silver commemorative:

'18th SAARC Summit held in Kathmandu'



(information and image from Pabitra Saha and Gijs Vlothuizen)

LINK: Central Bank of Nepal

Brazil 1 real 2015 - 50 years of the Central Bank

New bimetallic commemorative:

'50th anniversary of the Brazilian Central Bank'



(news and image from Pabitra Saha and Jacek Stacel)

Greece 10 euro 2015 - Archimedes

New silver commemorative:

'Greek culture - Philosophers: Archimedes'



(news and image from Pabitra Saha)

India 5 rupees 2014 - Jawaharlal Nehru

New circulating commemorative:

'125th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru'



(news by Wolfgang Schuster, Shamik Biswas and Pabitra Saha)
(scan by Shabbir Disawala)

Aruba 2.50 florin 2014 - Circulating type of Willem-Alexander

New circulation type:



(news and scan from Wolfgang Schuster)

Denmark 20 and 500 krone 2015 - 75th birthday of Queen Margrethe II

New circulating and silver commemoratives:

'75th birthday of Queen Margrethe II'



(news by Jo Hoogeveen)
(images and data from Danmarks Nationalbank)

LINK: Denmark National Bank