25 Qirsh / Piastres

Syria's silver coinage of the late mandate period was struck under French authority through the Banque de Syrie et du Liban, an institution that functioned as both central bank and instrument of colonial monetary control. The pound syrien introduced in 1919 was pegged to the French franc, which meant that when France devalued against gold through the 1930s, Syrian purchasing power followed without any input from Syrian governance. This issue spans that entire turbulent window.

The multiple Lecompte references reflect genuine date or variety distinctions across the run — Lec#33, 35, and 36 are not duplicates.