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1/2 Ghirsh / Piastre WW2 War Coinage
| Issuer | Lebanon |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Lebanon in 1941 was under the administration of Vichy France, and the Allied invasion that June — Operation Exporter — transferred effective control to Free French forces within weeks. This coin was struck under that precise period of political rupture, when the future of French mandatory authority over Lebanon was genuinely unresolved. Brass replaced the usual alloys largely because strategic metals had been redirected toward the war effort across French-controlled territories.
The "War Coinage" designation is not ceremonial — it reflects an acute shortage of normal minting resources rather than any commemorative intent.