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Decagonal coins.
Coins
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Denomination: 1 Dollar
Year: 2003
Material: Nickel-Brass alloy
Description: Decagonal coin.
Obverse: Crowned bust of Queen Elisabeth II right (so-called second type). Semicircular inscription: QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND.
Reverse: Columbus’ three ships. Semicircular inscriptions: ONE DOLLAR (above), BELIZE 2003 (beneath).
Diameter – 26.5 mm. Weight – 9.1 Edge – alternating reeded and plain.
Country or town: Belize
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Denomination: 1 Dollar
Year: 1989
Material: Copper-Nickel
Description: Decagonal coin.
Obverse: Crowned young bust of Queen Elisabeth II right (so-called first type). Semicircular inscription: QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND.
Reverse: Sir Francis Drake’s Golden Hind divides denomination. Semicircular inscriptions: EAST CARIBBEAN STATES 1989 (above), 1 DOLLAR (beneath).
Copper-Nickel (Ñu-Ni). Diameter – 27.5 mm. Weight – 8.10 g. Edge – plain.
Country or town: East-Caribbean States
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Denomination: 500 Leone
Year: 2004
Material: Bimetal
Description: Decagonal coin.
Obverse: Image of a building; above denomination: 500 LEONES, beneath – year of issue. Semicircular inscriptions: REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE (above), UNITY FREEDOM JUSTICE (beneath).
Reverse: Head of a man. Semicircular inscriptions: KAI LONDO 1845 – 1896 (above), FIVE HUNDRED LEONES (beneath).
Bimetal: Metal of insert – brass; metal of ring – cupronickel. Diameter – 24 mm. Weight – 7.20 g. Edge – plain.
Country or town: Sierra Leone
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Denomination: 5 Shillings
Year: 1987
Material: Copper-Nickel
Description: Decagonal coin.
Obverse: The portrait of president Mwinyi right flanked by flowers. Semicircular inscription: TANZANIA (above), beneath – a year of issue.
Reverse: Inscription circle in three lines within center: SHILLINGI 5 TANO, food sources in frames surround.
Diameter – 27 mm. Weight – 8.41 g. Edge – alternating reeded and plain. Mintage: 5 000 000.
Country or town: Tanzania
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Denomination: 50 pesos
Year: 1994
Material: Aluminum bronze
Description: Decagonal coin.
Obverse: Bernardo O'Higgins (1778 – 1842), first Chilean head of state (Supreme Director, 1817 – 1823), bust to the right. For both sides there is inscription: REPUBLICA DE CHILE, to the right of portrait – inscription in two lines: LIBERTADOR B.O. HIGGINS.
Reverse: Denomination: 50 PESOS in a laurel chaplet, beneath – year of issue.
Aluminum bronze (92% Cu; 6% Al; 2% Ni). Diameter – 25.71 mm. Weight – 7.00 g. Edge – pressed triangles.
Country or town: Chile
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