1/2 Ghirsh / Piastre

Issuer Lebanon
Year 1934-1936
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1/2 Piastre (0.005)
Currency Syrian pound (1920-1939)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 4 g
Diameter 21 mm
Thickness 1.48 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s) Lucien Georges Bazor
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#9, Lec#3, Lec#5, Schön#6
Obverse description Value within roped wreath flanked by oat sprigs above date.
Obverse script
Obverse lettering الجمهورية اللبنانية ١/٢ نصف غرش ١٩٣٦
(Translation: Lebanese Republic 1/2 Half Piastre 1936)
Reverse description Value within sprigs above date
Reverse script
Reverse lettering REPUBLIQUE LIBANAISE 1/2 PIASTRE 1936
(Translation: Lebanese Republic 1/2 Piastre 1936)
Edge Plain
Mint Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and
Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Mintage 1934 - ١٩٣٤ Lec# 3 - 200 000
1936 - ١٩٣٦ Lec# 5 - 1 200 000
Numisquare ID 5873385380
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