Lebanon 1955 1 piastre

from the Ma'adi Collection

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was issued by Lebanon as a regular issue for one year only. In 1980, a vicious war broke out between Christian and Muslim militias and soon the Israeli and Syrian armies were occupying various parts of that unhappy land. The cedar is the symbol of Lebanon, once forested with this handsome tree.

Recorded mintage: 4,000,000.

Specification: aluminum-bronze.

Catalog reference: KM 19.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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