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  • 50 Piastres 1952, KM# 17, Lebanon
  • 50 Piastres 1952, KM# 17, Lebanon
Obverse

Depicts a Lebanon cedar surrounded by county name. Date below.

The Lebanon cedar is the national emblem of Lebanon. It grows in Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, northwest Jordan, western Syria, and south-central Turkey.

الجمهوريّةاللبنانيّة
1952·١٩٥٢
⋆ REPUBLIQUE LIBANAISE ⋆

Reverse

Value in Arabic and French within wreath.

Mint mark: Caduceus (Mercury's wand, a short staff entwined by two serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings), the logo of the Royal Dutch Mint (Utrecht, the Netherlands)

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قرشا
PIASTRES
50

Edge

50 Piastres

KM# 17 Schön# 19
Characteristics
Material Silver
Fineness 0.600
Weight 5 g
Diameter 24 mm
Thickness -
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Royal Dutch Mint (KNM)

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