Albania 1 lek 2013 - New type

New circulating type:

This 2013 new item is magnetic like 2008, same weight and same size. But it has a wider round border, quite different typography and flowers and number "1" are much closer to the edge.

I guess these are enough design changes for considering it a fully new type.



(image by Lidian Beba)

LINK: Bank of Albania

Latvia 5 euro 2015 - Rainis and Aspazija

New silver collectors issue:

"150th anniversary of Rainis and Aspazija"



(news by Pabitra Saha)

SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: Silver .925
Shape: round, of two detachable halves
Diameter: 38.61 mm
Weight: 31.47 g
Mintage: 7,000
Mint: UAB Lietuvos monetu kalykla (Lithuania)
Artists: Arta Ozola-Jaunaraja (graphic design) and Ligita Franckevica (plaster model)

LINK: Bank of Latvia

Samoa 50 sene 2015 - Commonwealth Youth Games

New commemorative:

"V Commonwealth Youth Games



There are nine different credit-card-type packs to collect, each representing the nine sports at the 2015 Games: aquatics, athletics, rugby 7s, archery, boxing, weightlifting, tennis, lawn bowls and squash.

(news and image by Pabitra Saha)

SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: Ni plated steel
Diameter: 24.20 mm
Weight: 5.47 g
Mint: Royal Australian Mint
Mintage 2,700

Link: Central Bank of Samoa

Nepal 2000 rupees 2014 - Bhanu Bhakta Acharya

New silver commemorative:

"Nepalese poet Bhanu Bhakta Acharya"



(information and image from Pabitra Saha, Wolfgang Schuster, Shamik Biswas, Shankar Shrestha, Egon Conti and Gijs Vlothuizen)

LINK: Central Bank of Nepal

Off-Topic: Can you give me info about this Iranian coin?

I have this piece in my coin collection that needs identification. Can you help?

It is Iran/Persia silver. Weights 0.75 grams. Diameter is 16 mm.



Information from Wolfgang Schuster: Iran, Nasir al-Din Shah, Shahi Sefid, KM#889 (Y#7a), no date, Tehran mint.

Georgia 10 lari 2015 - European Youth Olympic Festival

New silver commemorative:

"European Youth Olympic Festival – Tbilisi 2015"



(information and image taken from en.numista.com)

LINK: National Bank of Georgia

SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: Silver .925
Weight: 15.50 g
Diameter: 33.00 mm
Designer: Mamuka Gongadze
Mint: Mennica Polska (Poland)

Finland 5 euro 2015 - Sports: Volleyball

New bimetallic commemorative:

"Sports Finnish people love" series: Volleyball



SPECIFICATIONS
Core composition: CuNi
Ring composition: Nordic Gold
Diameter: 27.25 mm
Weight: 9.80 g
Designer: Nora Tapper
Mintage 10,000 (proof) and 50,000 (unc)
Issue date: 5th october

Link: Mint of Finland

Uruguay 10 & 2,000 pesos 2015 - Lands Law

New bimetallic and silver commemoratives:

"Bicentenary of the Lands Law (Reglamento de Tierras) of 1815"



The silver item:



(news from Pabitra Saha)

Macedonia 2 denari 2014 - without dots

New circulation variety:

The 2014 issue of the Macedonian 2 denari has no dots, as you can see here compared to 2006:



You can order this coin from Egon Conti (egoncontirossini@hotmail.com) or from his eBay lists: www.ebay.com/usr/ecr64

(news and image from Egon Conti)

Finland 5 euro 2015 - Sports: Figure Skating

New bimetallic commemorative:

"Sports Finnish people love" series: Figure Skating



(news by Pabitra Saha)

SPECIFICATIONS
Core composition: CuNi
Ring composition: Nordic Gold
Diameter: 27.25 mm
Weight: 9.80 g
Designer: Nora Tapper
Mintage 10,000 (proof) and 50,000 (unc)
Issue date: 21st september

Link: Mint of Finland