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1/2 Ghirsh / Piastre WW2 War Coinage, Pattern
| Issuer | Syria |
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| Year | 1941 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Plain field surrounding a central circular perforation, with the Arabic legend سورية (Syria) inscribed along the upper arc and غرش (Ghirsh) along the lower arc. The fractional denomination ½ appears in Arabic-Indic numerals to the left and right of the central hole, flanking it symmetrically in the field. The reverse mirrors the layout of the obverse and shares the same stark, functional aesthetic typical of wartime pattern issues. |
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Syria in 1941 was under Vichy French administration until the British and Free French forces swept through in June and July of that year, ending Vichy control in a matter of weeks. This pattern was struck amid that political instability — a proposed wartime coinage that never reached circulation, likely overtaken by the change in administration before production could be authorized.
The aluminium bronze composition reflects acute wartime metal constraints that affected colonial minting decisions across the entire French empire during this period.