Friday, February 08, 2019

Canada 1 dollar 2019 - Pileated Woodpecker

This beautiful dollar type is released only as part of the Specimen Set:



LINK: Royal Canadian Mint

Seychelles 10 rupees 2018 - New alloys in center and ring

New circulating type, with different alloys in disk and ring, for a better resistance to humidity:



(news by Wolfgang Schuster and Gijs Vlothuizen)
(photo by Gijs Vlothuizen)

LINK: Central Bank of Seychelles

Ukraine 5 hryvnia 2018 - City of Kiev

New bimetallic commemorative:

"City of Kiev"



(news and image from Pabitra Saha and Wolfgang Schuster)

LINK: National Bank of Ukraine

Ukraine 5 hryvnia 2018 - City of Sevastopol

New bimetallic commemorative:

"City of Sevastopol"



(news and image from Pabitra Saha and Wolfgang Schuster)

LINK: National Bank of Ukraine

Luxembourg 2 euro 2019 - Accession to the Throne of Grand Duchess Charlotte

New bimetallic circulating commemorative:

"Centenary of the Accession to the Throne of Grand Duchess Charlotte"



(news from Jo Hoogeveen)
(image from eBay seller 1oz.si)

SPECIFICATIONS
External ring: CuNi
Center disc: 3 layers, Ni-Brass, Ni, Ni-brass
Diameter: 25.75 mm
Width: 2.20 mm
Weight: 8.50 g


Papua New Guinea 50 toea 2018 - APEC Summit

New circulating commemoratives:

"APEC Summit in Port Moresby"

The coins were minted in both coloured and not coloured versions:



(news and images from Pabitra Saha, Peter Kaminsky, Rupert Reiter, Egon Conti and Gijs Vlothuizen)

Tuesday, February 05, 2019

Canada 25 cents 2019 - Dinosaurs of Canada

New commemoratives:

"Dinosaurs of Canada"



LINK: Royal Canadian Mint

Monday, February 04, 2019

Germany 2 euro 2019 - Bundesrat of Germany

New circulating bimetallic commemorative:

Bundesrat of Germany



(news and image by Jo Hoogeveen)

Algeria 100 dinars 2018 - Satellite

New circulating bimetallic to be released soon:

"Satellite"



(news by Egon Conti)
(image by Zine Merouane)

Friday, February 01, 2019

Ireland 2 euro 2019 - Centenary of the first meeting of Dáil Éireann

New bimetallic circulating commemorative:

"Centenary of the first meeting of Dáil Éireann"



SPECIFICATIONS
External ring: CuNi
Center disc: 3 layers, Ni-Brass, Ni, Ni-brass
Diameter: 25.75 mm
Width: 2.20 mm
Weight: 8.50 g

(news from Pabitra Saha)