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25 Pounds
| Issuer | Central Bank of Syria |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Value | 25 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Central device features the Hawk of Quraish, the national emblem of Syria, displayed facing with wings spread, clutching a scroll inscribed with the state title in Arabic legend. The shield on the hawk's breast bears two green stars on a tricolour field. The Hijri year (AH) appears in Arabic-Indic numerals to the right and the Gregorian year (AD) to the left, both positioned in the lower field beneath the emblem. The overall composition is rendered in a crisp, formal heraldic style appropriate to a national coat of arms. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Syria's bimetallic coinage program of the 1990s arrived during a period of sustained economic pressure following decades of state-controlled pricing and the fiscal strain of maintaining one of the region's largest standing armies. The 25-pound denomination was introduced partly to reduce the cost of producing high-frequency-use coins in solid alloy, a common adjustment made by central banks managing inflationary erosion of smaller denominations.
The bimetallic format itself was relatively new to Syrian minting practice at this date — borrowed from European adoption patterns that accelerated after Italy's success with the 500-lire bimetal in 1982.