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50 Ghirshā / Piastres Essai
| Issuer | Lebanese Republic |
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| Year | 1929 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | A large, naturalistically rendered Cedar of Lebanon occupies the central field, its broad layered canopy extending nearly to the inner border. The date 1929 appears in both Western and Arabic numerals flanking the trunk at mid-field. Below the cedar, a rectangular cartouche bears the Arabic legend الجمهوريّة اللبنانيّة. The French legend REPUBLIQUE LIBANAISE is inscribed in two lines beneath the cartouche, separated by a beaded inner border. The entire design is framed by a dentilated outer rim. |
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| Mintage | 1929 |
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The 1929 Lebanese essais were pattern pieces produced in Paris ahead of the formal coinage program established under the French Mandate. They were never released for circulation — struck to test designs and compositions before production commitments were made. Brass was one of several metals trialed; aluminium-bronze and other alloys appear across the same essai sequence.
Lec#40 places this among a small, well-documented group. Surviving examples almost exclusively derive from the original Monnaie de Paris distribution to collectors and officials.