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10 Līrāt / Livres Raouche Rock
| Issuer | Banque du Liban |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 10 Livres |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the bilingual legend BANQUE DU LIBAN and LIVRES flanking the denomination numeral 10 in Latin script, with the Arabic equivalent ١٠ ليرات above and the dual dates 2012 and ٢٠١٢ below. The design is framed by a plain beaded border. The inscriptions are rendered in a clean, modern typeface befitting a proof issue, with all lettering arranged concentrically around the central denomination. The polished proof fields provide a high-contrast background to the frosted legends. |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a detailed landscape view of the iconic Raouche Rock (Pigeon Rocks), the celebrated natural sea-stack formation off the coast of Beirut, rendered in fine relief against a mirror-polished background. The legend مَصرف لبنَان (Bank of Lebanon) arcs along the upper periphery in Arabic script, flanked on each side by a small five-pointed star. The inscription صَخرة الرّوْشة (Raouche Rock) curves along the lower periphery in Arabic script. A raised beaded border encircles the entire design, characteristic of the proof coin series issued by Banque du Liban commemorating Lebanese natural landmarks. |
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The Raouche Rock — the twin sea stacks off the Beirut coastline — became an unlikely subject for Lebanon's bullion coinage at a moment when the country was threading an uneasy stability between the 2006 war and the escalating spillover from the Syrian conflict. Banque du Liban issued this one-troy-ounce .9999 fine piece as part of its ongoing national landmarks bullion series, a program that has served the country's parallel role as a regional financial hub even as its domestic politics remained chronically fractured.
The .9999 fineness is notable — finer than the American Gold Eagle's .9167 and matching the Royal Canadian Mint's Maple Leaf standard.