Costa Rica 100 colones 2006 - New design

New circulating type minted in Germany. The coat of arms has few design differences. The edge has now continuous reeding, to help blind people distinguish them:



(information by Bernal Laverde)

LINK: Banco Central de Costa Rica
LINK: Press release (in Spanish)

Kyrgyzstan 2008

Kyrgyzstan will have circulation coins in 2008:

They are minted in Kazakhstan.



Coat of arms:



(information by Fabio Iorio)

LINK: National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic
LINK: Coins of CIS and Baltic countries (superb site!!)


SPECIFICATIONS:

10 tyiyn
Composition: brass clad steel
Diameter: 15.00 mm
Weight: 1.30 g

50 tyiyn
Composition: brass clad steel
Diameter: 17.00 mm
Weight: 1.80 g

1 som
Composition: nickel clad steel
Diameter: 19.00 mm
Weight: 2.50 g

3 som
Composition: nickel clad steel
Diameter: 21.00 mm
Weight: 3.20 g

5 som
Composition: nickel clad steel
Diameter: 23.00 mm
Weight: 4.20 g

India 5 rupees 2007 - New design

New circulating type:



(information by P.K.Saha)

Thailand 10 baht 2007 - 4 new items

New circulating bimetallics:

"75th Birthday of the Queen"



"International University Sports Federation"



"The Medical Technology Council"



"Administration Court Association Meeting"



(all images by Alfonso Saussol)

Kazakhstan 50 tenge 2007

New circulating commemoratives:

"The First Space Satellite of the Earth"



"Platalea Leucorodia"



"Otan Insignia"



"Cutting the hobble"



LINK: National Bank of Kazakhstan

SPECIFICATIONS
Weight: 11.37 g
Diameter: 31.00 mm
Thickness: 2.00 mm
Edge: grooved with 10 sectors of corrugation
Mintage: 50,000