Lebanon in 1940 was under French Mandate administration, and the outbreak of war severed reliable metal supply chains across the Levant. This piece is a pattern — it was never approved for circulation — struck during the frantic scramble to find viable compositions when traditional alloys became strategically restricted. Aluminium bronze was one of several candidates tested across French-administered territories in this period, most of which went nowhere.
No regular-issue 1940 Lebanese coinage in this composition entered circulation.
Lebanon in 1940 was under French Mandate administration, and the outbreak of war severed reliable metal supply chains across the Levant. This piece is a pattern — it was never approved for circulation — struck during the frantic scramble to find viable compositions when traditional alloys became strategically restricted. Aluminium bronze was one of several candidates tested across French-administered territories in this period, most of which went nowhere.
No regular-issue 1940 Lebanese coinage in this composition entered circulation.