Spain 30 euro 2013 - Juan Carlos I 75th Anniversary

New silver commemorative:

"Juan Carlos I 75th Anniversary"



Spanish Royal Family coat of arms:



(news and coin image from www.numismatica-visual.es)
(coat of arms image from Wikipedia)

Germany 10 euro 2012 - Gerhart Hauptmann

New silver commemorative:

"300 Years of the Birth of Gerhart Hauptmann"

Gerhart Hauptmann (15 November 1862 - 6 June 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912.



(news and image by Jo Hoogeveen)

SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: Silver
Weight: 18.00 g
Diameter: 32.50 mm
Mint: J
KM#312

Ukraine 5 hryvnia 2012 - Mykolaiv and Zhytomyr

New bimetallic commemoratives:

"New 'Regions' series: Mykolaiv and Zhytomyr"



The coats of arms:



SPECIFICATIONS
Disk composition: CuAlSnZn
Ring composition: CuNi
Weight: 9.40 g
Diameter: 28.00 mm
Mintage: 15,000

(news from Pabitra Saha)
(info and coin images from www.numismatica-visual.es)
(coats of arms images from Wikipedia)

LINK: National Bank of Ukraine

Ukraine 2 & 10 hryvnia 2012 - Sturgeon

New commemoratives:

"Flora and fauna series: Sturgeon"



(news by Gijs Vlothuizen and David Velarde)

2 hryvnia SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: CuNiZn
Weight: 12.80 g
Diameter: 31.00 mm
Mintage: 35,000
10 hryvnia SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: silver
Weight: 31.10 g
Diameter: 38.60 mm
Mintage: 7,000

LINK: National Bank of Ukraine

Solomon Islands 2012 - New set in circulation

The new Solomon Islands pieces are finally released for circulation and can be seen for sale in different portals:



(news and image from Pabitra Saha)

Netherlands Antilles 10 gulden 2010

New commemorative:

"Constitutional restructuring of the Netherlands Antilles"



SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: silver .925
Weight: 17.80 g
Diameter: 33.00 mm
Mintage: 5,000

(news and image from Jo Hoogeveen)

LINK: Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten

UAE 1 dirham 2012 - Magnetic ordinary type

New circulating type:

The 2012 (AH1433) composition for KM#6.2 ordinary circulating 1 dirham (made of CuNi) has now a magnetic core, so must be considered a new subtype. It has been minted at the Royal Canadian Mint.

Update by Wolfgang Schuster: this magnetic type's weight is 6.2 grams, while the old type in CuNi was 6.4 grams. Diameter is exactly the same.



(news and image by Wolfgang Schuster)