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2½ Qirush / Piastres

2½ Qirush / Piastres - obverse2½ Qirush / Piastres - reverse

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Features

Issuer Lebanon
Period Republic (1943-date)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1955
Value 2½ Piastres (0.025 LBP)
Currency Lebanese pound (1939-date)
Composition Aluminium bronze (91% Copper, 9% Aluminium)
Weight 2.75 g
Diameter 20 mm
Thickness 1.6 mm
Shape Round with a round hole
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
8580
References KM# 20
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Schön# 22
Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

Obverse

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
قرشان ونصف
١/٢ ٢ ١/٢ ٢
١٩٥٥
الجمهورية اللبنانية

Translation:
Two and a half Qirsh
2½ 2½
1955
Lebanese Republic

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PIASTRES
2½ 2½
1955
REPUBLIQUE LIBANAISE

Translation: Lebanese Republic

Edge

Plain

Mint

Mintmark of Monnaie de Paris Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Mark

Wing Lucien Bazor, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1931-1958)

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1955  Wing Photo 5 000 000 $ 1.90 $ 1.90 $ 1.90 $ 1.90

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 2½ Qirush / Piastres
Katz
Summer Evening Auction 162
Lot 2058
Internet Archive
7 Jul 2025 UNC Unsold
Picture 1 of a sold 2½ Qirush / Piastres
Katz
Auction 120
Lot 465
Internet Archive
13 Apr 2024 UNC USD 19.73
(EUR 17.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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