Russia 10 roubles 2009 - Adygeya

New bimetallic circulating commemoratives:

"The Russian Federation: Republic of Adygeya"



LINK: Bank of Russia

Portugal 2.5 euro 2009 - Portuguese language

New circulating commemorative:

"Língua Portuguesa - Património Cultural da Europa"



LINK: Casa da Moeda

SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: CuNi
Diameter: 28.00 mm
Weight: 12.00 g
Mintage: 150,000
Artist: José Simão

Portugal 2 euro 2009 - Lusophony Games

New circulating commemorative:

"II Jogos da Lusofonia Lisboa 2009"



LINK: Casa da Moeda
LINK: Lusophony Games in Wikipedia
LINK: 2s Jogos da Lusofonia Lisboa 2009

SPECIFICATIONS
Diameter: 25.75 mm
Weight: 8.50 g
Mintage: 1,250,000
Artist: José Aurélio

Peru 5 nuevos soles 2009 - New subtype

New circulating subtype:

The coin is the same design as years 2001 to 2008, but different edge, now it's reeded, for better security.



(information and image by David Velarde)

Poland 2 zlotys 2009 - Fifth coin

New circulating commemorative:

"Polish Road to Freedom - General elections of 4 June 1989"



LINK: National Bank of Poland
LINK: Polish State Mint

SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: Nordic gold, CuAl5Zn5Sn1
Weight: 8.15 g
Diameter: 27.00 mm

Isle of Man 50 pence 2009 - Tourist Trophy

New circulating commemorative:

"50 years of TT racing"



(information by Pabitra Saha)

Bermuda 1 cent 2008 - New material

New circulating subtype:

The coin is the same design as KM107, but different metal. The 2008 type is magnetic (copper plated steel?) and as such, a new subtype, maybe KM107b (Krause still did not list it).



(information and image by Wolfgang Schuster)

Gdansk 2009 - Solidarity

New local circulating commemoratives:

"4 talary & 7 talarów: solidarity"



(their are legal tender only in the Polish city of Gdansk)

LINK: Gdansk

Russia 10 roubles 2009 - Galich, Kaluga & Jewish Region

3 new bimetallic circulating commemoratives:

"Ancient Russian Towns: Galich"
"Ancient Russian Towns: Kaluga"
"The Russian Federation: Jewish Aunonomous Region"



LINK: Bank of Russia

Denmark 20 krone 2009 - SHIPS: Lightship XVII

New circulating commemorative:

"SHIPS: Lightship XVII"



LINK: Denmark National Bank

SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: Aluminium Bronze, 92%Cu6%Al2%Ni
Diameter: 27.00 mm
Thickness: 2.35 mm
Weight: 9.30 g
Edge: rim with interrupted milling
Designer: Karin Lorentzen

Hungary 200 forint 2009

New bimetallic circulating type.



It bears the famous Széchenyi chain bridge of Budapest:

Belarus 2009 - First circulating set

First circulating coins in Belarus

It seems that by the end of 2009 we'll see a monetary reform (1:1000) in Belarus. We'll see these new coins circulating in a country that never used their own coins before (just commemoratives).
They seem to have been minted at Kremnica, Slovakia.



(information and image by Petr Bárta)

MINTAGE figures
5 kop: 6 million
10 kop: 34 million
20 kop: 15 million
50 kop: 36 million
1 rubl: 24 million

India 5 rupees 2009 - Brass new subtype

This regular coin has been redesigned to be made of brass instead of CuNi. Besides, the edge is now milled instead of a security edge.



(image and information by Shabbir Disawala and Ashlobo)

Latvia 1 lats 2009 - Namejs ring

New circulating commemorative:



(information by Andris Brutans)

LINK: Bank of Latvia

SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: CuNi
Diameter: 21.75 mm
Weight: 4.80 g
Edge: inscriptions
Mint: Staatliche Münze Berlin

Spain 12 euro 2009

New silver circulating commemorative:

"10 years European Monetary Union"



This coin is legal tender only in the Spanish territory.

(image by Ruyman)

LINK: 12 euros 2009 article by Ruyman
LINK: Spanish mint

SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: Ag 0.925
Weight: 18.00 g
Diameter: 33.00 mm
Edge: plain
Mintage: 2,000,000