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New bimetallic commemorative type:
“George Orwell“


TECHNICAL DATA
Ring composition: nickel-brass
Center composition: copper-nickel
Diameter: 28.40 mm
Weight: 12.00 g
Mint: The Royal Mint

(news and images by The Royal Mint)
LINK: The Royal Mint



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Switzerland 10 francs 2025 – New common design

New bimetallic type:





TECHNICAL DATA
External ring: aluminium-bronze
Center disc: copper-nickel
Diameter: 33.00 mm
Weight: 15.00 g



(news by Egon Conti)

LINK: The Swiss Mint

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Four new commemorative coloured circulation types:
“120 years of the Australian Open“


TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: aluminium-bronze
Diameter: 20.50 mm
Weight: 6.60 g
Mint: Royal Australian Mint (Australia)

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New bimetallic commemorative:
“72nd Police Day“


TECHNICAL DATA
External ring: nickel plated steel
Center disc: brass plated steel
Diameter: 25.00 mm
Weight: 8.50 g
Thickness: 2.5 mm

(news from Eddy Reynaert)



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New bimetallic circulating commemorative:

“100th anniversary of the first international sports tournament in the territory of the Slovak Republic – the Ice Hockey European Championship“

TECHNICAL DATA
External ring: copper-nickel
Center disc: nickel-brass, nickel and nickel-brass three layers
Diameter: 25.75 mm
Weight: 8.50 g
Thickness: 2.20 mm
Designer: Karol Ličko
Mintage: 1 million
Mint: Mincovňa Kremnica (Slovakia)

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Transnistria 1 ruble 2024 – Year of the Snake 2025

New commemorative type:

“Year of the Snake 2025“

TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: nickel plated steel
Diameter: 22.00 mm
Weight: 4.65 g



(image from eBay seller lemberg-zp)

LINK: Pridnestrovian Republican Bank

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After the aluminum 5 Francs 1984 and 1992 (KM#15), the Union of the Comoros released this new small circulation 5 francs type dated 2017.



My friend Murtaza Karimjee still has some stock of this interesting type in his eBay store.

TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: stainless steel
Diameter: 15.00 mm
Weight: 1.85 g
Edge: plain



(news and image from Wolfgang Schuster)

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New bimetallic commemorative:

“Belgium 2 euro 2025 – National lotery“

TECHNICAL DATA
External ring: copper-nickel
Center disc: nickel-brass, nickel and nickel-brass three layers
Diameter: 25.75 mm
Weight: 8.50 g
Thickness: 2.20 mm



(image and data from www.herdenkingsmunten.be)

LINK: Herdenkingsmunten België

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New bimetallic circulating commemorative to be issued very soon:

“500 years of the first printed text in Estonian“

TECHNICAL DATA
External ring: copper-nickel
Center disc: nickel-brass, nickel and nickel-brass three layers
Diameter: 25.75 mm
Weight: 8.50 g
Thickness: 2.20 mm



LINK: Eesti Pank

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New bimetallic circulating commemorative:

“Saarland“

TECHNICAL DATA
External ring: copper-nickel
Center disc: nickel-brass, nickel and nickel-brass three layers
Diameter: 25.75 mm
Weight: 8.50 g
Thickness: 2.20 mm



(news from Eddy Reynaert)
(image from Peter Kaminsky, eBay seller monedapeter)

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