10 Qirsh 3 stars on shield

Syria's coinage in the early 1960s was produced against a backdrop of profound political instability — the United Arab Republic, the short-lived union with Egypt, collapsed in September 1961 following a military coup in Damascus. This issue emerged in the immediate aftermath, as Syria reasserted independent institutions including its central bank. The three stars on the shield reflect the tripartite symbolism that appeared across several short-lived constitutional arrangements of this period, none of which survived intact.