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10 Līrāt / Livres XIII Winter Olympics
| Issuer | Banque du Liban |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Weight | 19 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | الالعاب الاولمبية الشتوية الثالثة عشرة XIII JEUX OLYMPIQUES D'HIVER LAKE PLACID 1980 لاك بلاسد ١٩٨٠ (Translation: XIII Winter Olympics Lake Placid 1980) |
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Lebanon issued this piece during one of the most violent periods in its modern history — the civil war that began in 1975 was still grinding through its fifth year when this coin was struck. The XIII Winter Olympics, held in Lake Placid, New York, provided a politically neutral occasion for a commemorative silver issue at a moment when the Lebanese state itself was barely functioning in any conventional sense.
The .500 fineness is notably low for an Olympic commemorative of this period, when most issuing authorities favored .925 or .900 silver.