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2 1/2 Qirsh
| Issuer | Syria |
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| Year | 1962-1965 |
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| Currency | Pound (1919-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the Hawk of Quraish, the coat of arms of Syria, depicted with wings displayed and a shield upon its breast charged with three stars. The hawk clutches a scroll inscribed with the state title in Arabic. The AD date appears to the left and the AH date to the right of the central device, both rendered in Arabic-Indic numerals. The circular legend around the periphery reads 'Syrian Arab Republic' in Arabic script. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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Syria's early 1960s coinage was produced during the United Arab Republic period's collapse and its immediate aftermath — the UAR dissolved in September 1961 following a military coup, and these pieces were struck as the newly independent Syrian Arab Republic scrambled to re-establish its own monetary identity. The qirsh denominations of this run saw relatively brief circulation before Ba'athist political upheaval in 1963 further disrupted institutional continuity.