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50 Qirshā / Piastres
| Issuer | Banque du Liban |
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| Year | 1968-1980 |
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| Currency | Lebanese pound (1939-date) |
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| Reverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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| Mintage | 1968 - KM# 28.1; Royal Mint - 2,000,000 1969 - KM# 28.1; Royal Mint; Minted in 1968 - 3,488,000 1970 - KM# 28.1; Royal Mint; Minted in 1969 - 2,000,000 1971 - KM# 28.1; Royal Mint; Minted in 1970 - 2,000,000 1975 - KM# 28.1 - 6,000,000 1978 - KM# 28.1; narrow & wide dates; Royal Mint - 22,400,000 1980 - KM# 28.2 - 15,000,000 1980 - KM# 28.2; Mint Sets (booklet; 2010) - 1,000 |
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Lebanon's 50 piastres coinage of this period was issued against a backdrop of mounting political instability that would culminate in the civil war beginning in 1975. Circulation effectively collapsed in the war's early years, meaning pieces struck in the late 1970s often saw little genuine use despite their nominal status as everyday coinage.
KM#28.1 is distinguished from the related Schön#29 variety by cedar tree details and edge differences — worth examining carefully before cataloging.