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5 Līrāt / Livres Leo
| Issuer | Banque du Liban |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Value | 5 Livres |
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| Reverse description | Central medallion depicts a finely detailed lion standing in three-quarter view facing right, rendered in high relief against a richly coloured background divided between deep red and golden-amber enamel or colour-printing, adorned with ornate arabesque scrollwork. The Leo zodiac symbol appears in the upper left of the coloured field. The Arabic inscription 'الأسد' (Leo/The Lion) is rendered in elegant calligraphic script within the decorative floral ground on the left side of the field. The central medallion is framed by a toothed inner border with scrolled ornamental mounts at the cardinal points, set within a broad plain outer rim. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Banque du Liban has issued a long-running commemorative series celebrating Lebanese cultural and natural heritage, and this piece falls within that program. Half-silver at .500 fineness is an unusual choice for a modern commemorative — most central banks issue collectibles at .925 or .999 — suggesting a cost-conscious production decision rather than a prestige minting.
KM#53 is not widely documented in specialist literature, and mintage figures for Lebanese commemoratives from this period are rarely disclosed by the issuing authority.