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2 1/2 Qirsh
| Issuer | Syria |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Value | 21/2 Piastres (0.025 SYP) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the Hawk of Quraish, the coat of arms of Syria, displayed facing with wings spread, grasping a scroll inscribed in Arabic with the legend of the Union of Arab Republics; the shield on the hawk's breast bears no star. The Gregorian year appears in Arabic-Indic numerals at lower left and the Hijri year at lower right, both below the central device. The coin is bordered by a continuous beaded rim. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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Syria's small-denomination coinage of this period was issued under the Ba'athist government of Hafez al-Assad, who had seized power in the corrective movement of November 1970. The fractional qirsh denominations saw relatively heavy use in everyday transactions before inflation steadily eroded their purchasing power through the late 1970s and into the 1980s, eventually rendering them economically obsolete.