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1 Līrah / Livre XIII Winter Olympics
| Issuer | Banque du Liban |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Value | 1 Livre |
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| Reverse script | Arabic, Latin |
| Reverse lettering | الالعاب الاولمبية الشتوية الثالثة عشرة XIII JEUX OLYMPIQUES D'HIVER LAKE PLACID 1980 لاك بلاسد ١٩٨٠ |
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Lebanon issued this commemorative in 1980 for the XIII Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid, New York — a Games overshadowed by the U.S.-led boycott movement following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, though that boycott targeted the Summer Games in Moscow rather than Lake Placid. The timing placed Banque du Liban in the unusual position of issuing an Olympic coin during one of the most politically fractured moments in the Games' modern history.
Lebanon was itself in the midst of civil war when the dies were cut.