2½ Qirush / Piastres

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).

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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

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

Mark

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

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1955			5 000 000				$ 1.90	$ 1.90	$ 1.90	$ 1.90

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Summer Evening Auction 162 Lot 2058	7 Jul 2025	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 120 Lot 465	13 Apr 2024	UNC	USD 19.73 (EUR 17.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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