Can Anyone Guess Where These Coins Come From?

From French Polynesia the big bronze coin is 100 francs. hope that answers your question

ALL THE COINS ARE FROM FRANCE MY FRIEND

Nice coins.

We picked up a bunch of French coins recently while in Europe.

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Originally posted by Buffaloboy5
ALL THE COINS ARE FROM FRANCE MY FRIEND

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Buffaloboy is both wrong... and correct.

They're all from French Polynesia, a group of islands in the middle of the South Pacific. The largest and most famous island in the group is Tahiti.

Looks like you've got the full type set of current circulating coins: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 francs. Only the first three are aluminium; the next three are nickel, and the 100 francs is nickel-bronze.

Until recently (2004), the status of French Polynesia was "overseas department" (a department is the French name for their states, or provinces). That means the islands weren't just French, they were France, on equal status with any of the mainland European departments. It's new status is "overseas country"; presumably they've been given a little more autonomy.

The coins are denominated in French Pacific Community francs. The CPF franc is pegged to the euro at 119.25 francs to 1 euro. New Caledonia also issues coins in CPF francs. These two Pacific island groups are the only survivors of the once-extensive "French Colonial" coinage series.

notice the "francaise/francis" on all the coins. they are all french.