Lebanon 1925 2 piastres

Steve Album sale 27, lot 1048

This specimen was lot 1048 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $1,292.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "LEBANON: French Mandate, 1920-1945, AE 2 piastres, 1925(a). ESSAI, NGC graded MS65." We have avoided using essais or patterns in these pages, having plenty of regular issues to deal with. However, obtaining images of Lebanese coins seems unusually difficult, so we have posted an essai for this entry, especially since the production issue is itself very scarce, despite the large mintage. It was accompanied by a one and five piastres.

Recorded mintage: 1,000,000 (regular issue).

Specification: 2 g, aluminum-bronze.

Catalog reference: KM-E3 (essay), KM 4 (regular issue).

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.

Link to:

• Lebanon 1924 2 piastres
• 1925 piastre
• Lebanon 1925 5 piastres
• 1929 10 piastres
• 1929 50 piastres
• Lebanon 1934 1/2 piastre
• Coins and currency dated 1925
• return to coins of Lebanon