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400 Līrah / Livres XIII Winter Olympics, Piedfort
| Issuer | Banque du Liban |
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| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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| Reverse description | The central field displays the official emblem of the XIII Olympic Winter Games held at Lake Placid in 1980, consisting of the five interlocked Olympic rings surmounting a stylized geometric logo formed by angular lines evoking a downhill ski slope and the letter 'L' for Lake Placid. Flanking the central emblem, the inscription 'XIII JEUX OLYMPIQUES D'HIVER LAKE PLACID 1980' appears in Latin script, while the Arabic equivalent legend 'الالعاب الاولمبية الشتوية الثالثة عشرة' arcs along the upper periphery. The Arabic transliteration of 'Lake Placid 1980' appears along the lower border. |
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Lebanon struck this piedfort to coincide with the 1980 Winter Olympics held at Lake Placid — an unusual sponsorship for a country with no winter sports tradition to speak of, and one issued while Beirut was actively fragmenting under civil war. Piedforts, struck at double the standard planchet thickness, were a French minting convention that the Banque du Liban adopted for prestige collector issues during this period.
The timing is stark. By 1980, Lebanese state institutions were functioning in name more than in practice.