According to the Internet, the "10 Francs" at the top-left appears to be an OLD 10 Central African CFA francs (XAF). You wouldn't believe how long it took me to find another picture of these. The new design was introduced in 2006 and Wikipedia doesn't have any suggestion of the old one
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Yes indeed, that's 10 Central African CFA. We got it in 2007, so I guess the new coins hadn't hit Gabon yet.
The Qatari coin is 20 dirhams, not 25. :-)
The Turkish coin is indeed 100,000 old lira, worth 6 cents.
You're right about the most and least valuable, but the *second* most valuable one is actually the brass-and-nickel one, which is 10 Moroccan dirhams (worth $1.13). The Arabic indeed says المملكة المغربية (Kingdom of Morocco) on the left, but it's hard to tell in this picture.
And, since they've now all been identified, this is what they are (listed left to right in four rows):
10 Central African CFA francs (worth 2¢), 5 Thai baht (15¢), 20 Czech korun (97¢), 20 Qatari dirhams (5¢), 2 Hong Kong dollars (26¢), 10 Moroccan dirhams ($1.13), 5 Japanese yen (5¢), 100,000 old Turkish lira (6¢), 10 eurocents from Italy (12¢), 5 American cents (er, 5¢), 50 Emirati fils (14¢), and a British pound ($1.44).
Hey, with all the values, it would be interesting to put them in order and see which countries make coins that are MUCH more or less elaborate than it seems like they ought to be, given how much they're worth. (Hint: Hong Kong and Japan have a big idea of themselves; Great Britain is actually quite humble in this respect.)
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The Qatari coin is 20 dirhams, not 25. :-)
The Turkish coin is indeed 100,000 old lira, worth 6 cents.
You're right about the most and least valuable, but the *second* most valuable one is actually the brass-and-nickel one, which is 10 Moroccan dirhams (worth $1.13). The Arabic indeed says المملكة المغربية (Kingdom of Morocco) on the left, but it's hard to tell in this picture.
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http://www.chiefacoins.com/Database/Countries/Qatar.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatari_riyal
Since that one's no older than 2006 (it has the new Qatari emblem) it should say the amount in normal numbers on the back. Now I'm curious!
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10 Central African CFA francs (worth 2¢), 5 Thai baht (15¢), 20 Czech korun (97¢), 20 Qatari dirhams (5¢), 2 Hong Kong dollars (26¢), 10 Moroccan dirhams ($1.13), 5 Japanese yen (5¢), 100,000 old Turkish lira (6¢), 10 eurocents from Italy (12¢), 5 American cents (er, 5¢), 50 Emirati fils (14¢), and a British pound ($1.44).
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I guess it says something that, in 6 years in Qatar, I've never actually *spent* one. And yet I only have 7 of them.
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