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50 Qirshā / Piastres
| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Liban |
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| Year | 1952 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears the denomination inscribed in two scripts: the Arabic numeral ٥٠ (fifty) at the top, followed by the Arabic word قرشاً (Qirshan, 'Piastres') beneath it, and the Latin numeral 50 and the word PIASTRES arranged in two lines below. The entire central inscription is framed by a wreath composed of two symmetrical laurel branches, tied at the base with a ribbon, their tips meeting at the top of the design. A small mintmark of the Royal Dutch Mint (Utrecht caduceus mark) appears at the base of the wreath interior. The reverse is likewise enclosed within a beaded border. |
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The Banque de Syrie et du Liban lost its currency-issuing authority over Syria in 1950, when Damascus established the Syrian Central Bank and severed the monetary union that had linked the two countries since the French Mandate. This 1952 issue therefore circulated exclusively in Lebanon — the bank's name now a relic of a political arrangement that no longer existed.
Lebanon would replace the BSL entirely in 1964 with the Banque du Liban. Pieces from the final years of BSL coinage, including this type, saw genuine circulation and are correspondingly harder to find without wear.