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25 Qirsh / Piastres Essai
| Issuer | Syria |
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| Year | 1929 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Central design featuring a six-pointed star set within an elaborate floral rosette pattern occupying the field. The date appears in the lower portion of the coin, presented bilingually with Western (Occidental) numerals at left and Arabic numerals at right. The Arabic legend 'دولة سورية' (State of Syria) is arranged around the central motif, with a star device incorporated into the inscription. |
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| Mintage | 1929 - Privy marks - 64 |
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Syria's 1929 coinage program was developed under the French Mandate authority, with essais — official trial strikes — produced in Paris to secure design approval before committing to full production runs. The Mandate administration maintained tight control over monetary policy, and these pattern pieces served as much a bureaucratic function as a technical one.
KM#E5 is among a small series of essais from this year that saw extremely limited striking, almost certainly never exceeding a few dozen pieces.