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1 Dinar - Faisal I
| Issuer | Kingdom of Syria |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 1 Dinar |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the crowned royal arms of the Kingdom of Syria, comprising an ornate shield bearing a six-pointed star, flanked by decorative foliate scrollwork and surmounted by a royal crown. A laurel branch is displayed beneath the shield. Arabic legends are arranged around the central device, with the date 1920 in Western numerals inscribed in the lower exergue. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 1338 (1920) - ١٣٣٨ - ١٩٢٠ - 12 |
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This coin exists because of one of the shortest-lived constitutional monarchies in modern Arab history. Faisal I was proclaimed King of Syria in March 1920 by the Syrian National Congress, but French forces crushed the kingdom at the Battle of Maysalun just five months later, in July. Coin production almost certainly never reached meaningful circulation volumes before the French Mandate was established and the currency rendered void.
Fr#1 in Friedberg's gold coinage reference — the first listing — reflects how singular this issue is. Surviving examples are presumed to come almost entirely from mint state or near-mint state stocks, never having passed through the markets of Damascus.