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5 Līrāt / Livres MEA, Comet 4C
| Issuer | Banque du Liban |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Value | 5 Livres |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a color-printed effigy of the de Havilland Comet 4C jetliner in Middle East Airlines (MEA) livery, rendered in white, red, and blue, shown in left-facing lateral profile in flight. The aircraft is positioned centrally within a broad polished raised rim, with the legend COMET 4C incused in the lower exergue in sans-serif Latin characters. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The de Havilland Comet 4C entered service with Middle East Airlines in 1960, making MEA one of the last operators to acquire the type before jet technology moved decisively toward the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8. MEA's Comets flew until 1967, a run cut short not by obsolescence alone but by the compounding instability of Lebanese politics and the airline's precarious finances through the 1960s.
This issue belongs to Lebanon's ongoing commemorative silver program celebrating the country's aviation history — a series that has drawn modest collector interest regionally but limited secondary market depth internationally.