Catalog
20 Mils
| Issuer | British Palestine |
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| Year | 1927-1941 |
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| Weight | 11.33 g |
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| Obverse lettering | (פלשתינה(א`י • PALESTINE • فلسطين 1934 ١٩٣٤ (Translation: Palestine Palestine Palestine 1934 1934) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Palestinian pound and its subsidiary coinage were created following the League of Nations mandate, with the Palestine Currency Board — based in London, not Jerusalem — issuing all currency from 1927 onward. The Board maintained a strict one-to-one peg with sterling, a decision that tied Palestinian monetary policy entirely to London through the mandate period.
Production ran across only a handful of dates, with the Royal Mint handling all strikes. The 1927 issue carries the largest mintage in the series; later dates become progressively scarcer, and the 1941 issue in particular saw reduced production as wartime metal demands complicated scheduling.