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10 Qirsh / Piastres Essai
| Issuer | Syria |
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| Year | 1929 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a stylized rosette within a beaded inner circle, surrounded by an ornate arabesque border with foliate and geometric motifs. The Arabic legend 'دولة سورية' (State of Syria) is inscribed around the upper periphery, flanked by a six-pointed star. The date appears below the central device within a curved banner, rendered in both Western (1929) and Arabic-Indic (١٩٢٩) numerals on opposite sides. |
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| Obverse lettering | دولة ★ سورية 1929 ١٩٢٩ (Translation: State of Syria) |
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Syria's 1929 coinage was produced under the French Mandate authority, with the Banque de Syrie et du Liban managing currency issuance. Essai pieces from this period were struck at the Paris Mint as pattern submissions for approval before circulating types were authorized — standard French Mandate practice, but one that kept mintages vanishingly small. The KM#E4 essai for this denomination was never intended to circulate, which accounts for the near-universal survival in mint state.
Lecompte 29 cross-references confirm Paris origin.