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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

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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

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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The coin is withdrawn from circulation.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

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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

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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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