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Click to enlarge!	Denomination: 50 Livres Year: 1996 Material: Stainless steel Description: Octagonal coin. Obverse: There is an Arabic inscription LEBANON and Arabic denomination placed on the fragment of coat of arms – Lebanese cedar. Reverse: Denomination in a circle. Above it – year of issue, beneath – semicircular inscription: BANQUE DU LIBAN. Diameter – 18.5 mm. Weight – 2.27 g. Edge – plain. Country or town: Lebanon
Click to enlarge!	Denomination: 2 Patakas Year: 1998 Material: Nickel-brass alloy Description: Octagonal coin. Obverse: There is inscription in the center: MACAU on a background ornamental pattern, above it – year of issue. Reverse: Picture of church; denomination: 5 PATACAS. Diameter – 27.5 mm. Weight – 8.94 g. Edge – plain. Country or town: Macao
Click to enlarge!	Denomination: 25 Cents Year: 1975 Material: Brass Description: Octagonal coin. Obverse: There is a coat of arms in a circle. Beneath it – year of issue, above – semicircular inscription: REPUBLICA TA’ MALTA. Reverse: Denomination in two lines: 25 CENTS framing of vine leaves. Diameter – 28 mm. Weight – 10.36 g. Edge – plain. Mintage: 4 750 000. The coin is withdrawn from circulation. Country or town: Malta
Click to enlarge!	Denomination: 50 Leones Year: 1996 Material: Nickel plated Steel Description: Octagonal coin. Obverse: Image of building; semicircular inscription: REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE. Beneath it – denomination: 50 LEONES and year of issue. Reverse: Portrait of Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston (1898 – 1969), a British diplomat and Governor-General of Sierra Leone from 7 July 1962 to 26 March 1967. Beneath – denomination: FIFTY LEONES. Semicircular inscription: SIR HENRY LIGHTFOOT-BOSTON. Diameter – 19 mm. Weight – 2.54 g. Edge – plain. Country or town: Sierra Leone
Click to enlarge!	Denomination: 1 peso Year: 1993 Material: Aluminum Description: Octagonal coin. Obverse: Bernardo O’Higgins (1778 – 1842), general, dictator of Chile in 1817 – 1823, leader of liberation movement, bust to the right. To the right there is inscription in two lines: LIBERTADOR B.O. HIGGINS. Semicircular inscription: REPUBLICA DE CHILE. Reverse: Denomination: 1 PESO in laurel wreath, beneath it – year of issue. Diameter – 16 mm. Weight – 0.70 g. Edge – plain. Country or town: Chile

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