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1/2 Ghirsh / Piastre WW2 War Coinage, Unholed Pattern
| Issuer | Syria |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| Value | 1/2 Piastre (0.005 SYP) |
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| Obverse description | Central raised ring or annular boss occupies the field, flanked on either side by the fractional denomination figure '1/2' in bold raised numerals. The legend 'SYRIE' arches above in Latin capitals, and 'PIASTRE' runs along the lower periphery, all within a plain border. The design is stark and utilitarian, consistent with wartime emergency coinage aesthetics. This is an unholed pattern variant, distinguishable from the issued holed type by the solid centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | SYRIE 1/2 1/2 PIASTRE (Translation: Syria 1/2 Piastre) |
| Reverse description | Central raised annular boss mirrors the obverse design, with the fractional denomination '1/2' appearing in Arabic-Indic numerals on either side of the ring. The Arabic legend 'سورية' (Syria) curves along the upper arc and 'غرش' (Ghirsh/Piastre) appears along the lower arc, rendered in bold raised Arabic script within a plain border. The overall layout echoes the obverse in a bilingual, symmetrical fashion appropriate to the French Mandate coinage tradition. |
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