Lebanon 1931 piastre

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71161

This specimen was lot 71161 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $456. The catalog description^[1] noted, "LEBANON. Piastre, 1931. PCGS MS-64 Secure Holder. Struck in Paris (privy mark on reverse). Good strike, toned with some luster remaining." This one piastre was struck in Paris for Lebanon in 1925, 1931, 1933 and 1936. This is a better date.

Recorded mintage: 300,000.

Specification: 5 g, copper-nickel, 24 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-3.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

Link to:

• 1925 piastre
• 1929 10 piastres
• 1929 50 piastres
• 1931 5 piastres
• 1933 piastre
• Coins and currency dated 1931
• return to coins of Lebanon