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50 Ghirshā / Piastres Essai
| Issuer | Lebanon |
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| Year | 1929 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a large, spreading Cedar of Lebanon tree rendered in fine relief, its characteristic layered boughs extending broadly across the field, with rocky terrain at its base. Below the tree, a rectangular tablet bears the Arabic legend الجمهورية اللبنانية flanked on either side by the date 1929 in Western and Arabic numerals. A second rectangular panel below carries the French legend REPUBLIQUE LIBANAISE in two lines. The coin is bordered by a beaded inner circle and a toothed outer rim. |
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| Reverse description | Central design features two cornucopias crossed at their stems and bound together, each overflowing with fruits and foliage, their mouths directed outward to left and right. In the upper field, the Arabic numeral ٥٠ appears at top centre, with the Arabic legend خمسون غرشا (fifty piastres) curving beneath it. The denomination 50 in large Western numerals occupies the lower centre of the field, with PIASTRES inscribed below in a straight legend. The word ESSAI is engraved discreetly in the lower right field. The piece is bordered by a beaded inner circle and a toothed outer rim. |
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| Mintage | 1929 |
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