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50 Piastres
| Issuer | Ministry of Finance, Lebanon |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Value | 50 Piastres |
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| Obverse description | A central vignette at top centre portrays a coastal landscape with palm trees, buildings, and a mosque rendered in intaglio against a green guilloche underprint. Two lion-head medallions flank the vignette at left and right, while the denomination '50' appears in the upper corners and the date 'BEYROUTH le 1er Août 1942' is inscribed below the vignette. The lower portion carries bilingual legends in French and Arabic alongside the serial number and the facsimile signature of the Director of Finances. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE LIBANAISE CINQUANTE PIASTRES OU UNE DEMI LIVRE LIBANAISE خمسون قرشاً او نصف ليرة لبنانية LE MINISTRY DES FINANCES LE DIRECTEUR DES FINANCES مدير المالية BEYROUTH le 1er Août 1942 50 PIASTRES LIBANAISES (Translation: Lebanese Republic — Fifty Piastres or Half a Lebanese Pound — The Ministry of Finance — The Director of Finance — Beirut, 1 August 1942) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large ornate guilloche rosette at centre, printed in dark green over a pink-violet lathe-work underprint, with the numeral '50' set within a horizontal cartouche bearing the inscription 'PIASTRES LIBANAISES'. Elaborate architectural arch-and-column frames appear at left and right, each enclosing circular rosette ornaments, creating a highly decorative geometric composition typical of Bradbury Wilkinson engraving. The printer's imprint appears in a fine-text line at the base of the central panel. |
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