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50 Qirsh Pattern
| Issuer | Syria |
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| Year | 1968 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse lettering | الجمهورية العربية السورية (Translation: Syrian Arab Republic) |
| Reverse description | The Hawk of Quraish displayed as the Syrian coat of arms, rendered in bold relief at center, with a shield upon its breast bearing three stars representing the provinces of the Syrian Arab Republic. The hawk clutches a scroll in its talons inscribed with 'الجمهورية العربية السورية' (Syrian Arab Republic) in Arabic lettering. The Gregorian year is positioned to the left and the Hijri year to the right in Arabic-Indic numerals below the emblem. The design is set within a plain field with a reeded border. |
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This piece was struck as part of a series of gold patterns produced under the Ba'athist government following the 1963 coup, during a period when Syria was experimenting with monetary reforms and asserting institutional independence after the collapse of the United Arab Republic with Egypt in 1961. Pattern issues of this type were never released for circulation — they served administrative and diplomatic functions, occasionally presented as gifts or submitted for international monetary review.
Surviving examples are few, and provenance is often murky given the political instability Syria experienced through the late 1960s.