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5 Līrāt / Livres Raouche Rock
| Issuer | Banque du Liban |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 5 Livres |
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| Reverse description | A full-color photographic insert at center depicts the iconic Raouche Rock (Pigeons' Rock), the celebrated natural sea stack formation off the coast of Beirut, with vivid blue Mediterranean waters surrounding the twin rock arches. The colored insert is framed by a polished silver border. The Arabic legend مَصرف لبنَان (Bank of Lebanon) arcs along the upper border, flanked by two five-pointed stars, while صَخرة الرّوْشة (Raouche Rock) curves along the lower border in stylized Arabic script. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Raouche Rock — the twin sea stacks off the Beirut coast — became the subject of a minor conservation dispute in the 2000s after years of tourist pressure and unauthorized climbing degraded the basalt formations. This coin was issued as part of Banque du Liban's ongoing natural landmarks bullion series, which began in the mid-2000s and drew on Lebanon's geography at a moment when the country was rebuilding its international image following the 2006 war with Israel.
The .999 fineness places it outside Lebanon's circulating coinage tradition entirely — strictly a collector and export piece.