25 Pounds

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.