Belgium 5 euro 2020 - Tokyo 2020 - Team Belgium

New collectors' commemorative type in both normal and coloured versions:

"Tokyo 2020 - Team Belgium"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: copper-nickel
Diameter: 30.00 mm
Weight: 12.70 g
Artist: Luc Luycx
Mintage: 6.250 normal & 6.250 coloured

(images and data from www.herdenkingsmunten.be)

LINK: Herdenkingsmunten België

Mexico 20 pesos 2019 - Death Centenary of Emiliano Zapata Salazar

New bimetallic circulating commemorative:

"Death Centenary of Emiliano Zapata Salazar"



TECHNICAL DATA
External ring: aluminium-bronze
Center disc: copper-nickel-zinc
Diameter: 30.00 mm
Weight: 12.67 g
Mint: Casa de Moneda de México

(image and data from www.banxico.org.mx)

LINK: Banco de México

British Indian Ocean Territory 50 pence 2021 - Powder Blue Tang

New low-mintage commemorative:

"Second coin of the 'Sea Creatures' collection: Powder Blue Tang"



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 coloured version.

LINK: The Pobjoy Mint

Slovakia 10 euro 2021 - Underground hydroelectric power plant in Kremnica

New collectors' commemorative type to be issued soon:

"100th anniversary of the underground hydroelectric power plant in Kremnica"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: silver .900
Diameter: 34.00 mm
Weight: 18.00 g
Mint: Mincovňa Kremnica (Slovakia)
Artist: Štefan Novotný
Issue date: 21/04/2021

(image from www.mint.sk)

LINK: Mincovňa Kremnica

35th Anniversary of Erasmus 2 euro 2022 - Winning design

Monnaie de Paris has announced that the design done by the French engraver Joaquin Jimenez won the design competition that was organised by the European Commission:

"35 years of the Erasmus programme"

Foronum.com - manage your collections with this complete online coin catalog

Foronum.com - crea tus colecciones con este completo catálogo de monedas



Do you know Foronum.com? Let me tell you about this numismatic website that year by year is growing in information and contents. As well as being a place to find collectors willing to swap coins, over the years it has come to rank as one of the best world coin catalogs.

Some of its most complete catalogs are:

Spanish Coins Catalog
USA Coin Catalog
Mexican Coins Catalog

¿Conoces Foronum.com? Os hablaré de este portal de numismática que año tras año está creciendo en información y contenidos. Además de ser un lugar para encontrar coleccionistas dispuestos a realizar intercambios de monedas, con el paso del tiempo ha conseguido estar a la altura de los mejores catálogos de monedas del mundo.

Algunos de los catálogos más completos son:

Catálogo de numismática Española
Catálogo de monedas de USA
Catálogo de monedas Mexicanas



These catalogs offer complete information about your coins and they are done in a colaborative manner between collectors. This way, if a coin is missing, it can be included, so that it is always up to date.
Another interesting thing is that thanks to its huge coin database, you can create your own collections: private and public. This means that public collections are visible for all visitors and they can offer coin swaps with the Foronum.com tool specially created for this purpose.

Estos catálogos ofrecen toda la información referente a sus monedas y se realizan de forma colaborativa entre los coleccionistas. De esta forma, si falta alguna moneda se puede incluir, así consigue estar siempre actualizado.
Otro aspecto interesante es que aprovechando esta enorme base de datos de monedas puedes crear tus colecciones: privadas y públicas. Esto se traduce en que las públicas son visibles por los visitantes y te pueden hacer propuestas de intercambios con una herramienta específica que dispone Foronum.com.



In addition, this page has many other useful tools and information for collectors. We invite you to visit it and give us your opinion.

Además, esta página dispone de muchas otras herramientas e información útil para el coleccionista. Te invitamos a que la conozcas y nos dejes tu opinión.

Turkey 1 kurus 2021 - Catalburum dog

New bimetallic commemorative:

"Catalburum dog"



TECHNICAL DATA
External ring: brass
Center disc: copper-nickel
Diameter: 26.15 mm
Weight: 8.30 g
Mintage: 15.000

(image and news from Egon Conti)

Turkey 1 kurus 2021 - Caracal

New bimetallic commemorative:

"Caracal (Caracal caracal)"



TECHNICAL DATA
External ring: brass
Center disc: copper-nickel
Diameter: 26.15 mm
Weight: 8.30 g
Mintage: 15.000

(image and news from Egon Conti)

Estonia 8 euro 2021 - Hanseatic Pärnu

New collectors' commemorative type:

"Hanseatic Pärnu"

On 10 April, when the town of Pärnu celebrates its 770th anniversary, Eesti Pank will issue into circulation a silver commemorative coin dedicated to Hanseatic Pärnu. This will be the third in the series of collector coins dedicated to Estonian Hanseatic towns.



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: silver
Designer: Aidi Mesi
Mintage: 4.000

Sales of the coin will start on Saturday 10 April at 09.00. The coins will not be sold in post offices or in the shop of the museum of Eesti Pank. It will only be on sale in the Omniva online store.

(images and data from www.eestipank.ee)

LINK: Eesti Pank

Portugal 7,5 euro 2021 - 5th Centenary of Ferdinand Magellan Circumnavigation

New commemorative:

"5th Centenary of Ferdinand Magellan Circumnavigation"



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

Two other versions are also available, a .925 silver type (2.500 pcs) and a .999 gold one (2.000 pcs).

LINK: Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda