What country is this coin from?

Question

What country is this coin from? What is the currency? Who is the man depicted?

Thanks!!!

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Answer 1

It is indeed a 100 Won coin from South Korea. It has been struck from 1983 to date. Someone here already told you about the figure on the obverse of the coin, Admiral Lee Soon-shin. The coin is too new to have a collectors value. Since it takes 1,039 Won to make a dollar it has a low value. It is KM# 35 under South Korea.

Answer 2

Korea?

Then again, it may be Chinese.

Answer 3

Maybe Korean or Chinese. The man depicted could either be Confucius or an Emperor.

Answer 4

looks like china  

Answer 5

i looked up "100 coin" and then it asked if i meant "100 won coin" and it looked a lot like your coin. Won is south korean i think

Answer 6

Korea 100 Won Coin - 1995 is pictures below.  Yours is the 2004 version.

http://cgi.ebay.com.my/Korea-100-Won-Coi...

Copper-nickel 100 Won coin from South Korea featuring Admiral Lee Soon-shin who defeated a Japanese invasion fleet with 'turtle boats' beginning in 1592.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_Sun-sin