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* [[Lebanon 1931 piastre|1931 piastre]] | * [[Lebanon 1931 piastre|1931 piastre]] | ||
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* [[Lebanon 1933 50 piastres|1933 50 piastres]] | * [[Lebanon 1933 50 piastres|1933 50 piastres]] | ||
* [[Lebanon 1936 1 piastre|1936 piastre]] | * [[Lebanon 1936 1 piastre|1936 piastre]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:46, 30 July 2022
The area of Lebanon was taken from Ottoman control after World War I, and placed under French mandate along with Syria. It was declared the Etat du Gran Liban in 1920. This piastre was struck in Paris in 1933 along with a five piastres (KM 5.2), a 25 piastres (KM 7) and a 50 piastres (KM 8). It was also issued in 1925, 1931 and 1936. This specimen was lot 912 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $411.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "LEBANON: piastre, 1933, PCGS graded MS67+."
Recorded mintage: 500,000.
Specification: 5 g, copper-nickel, 24 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-3, Lec-12.
- 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 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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