Depicts a Lebanon cedar divides dates (Gregorian calendar on the left and Western year in Arabic numerals on the right) above and country name in Arabic (above) and French (below).

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

Depicts a trireme, surrounded by the value in Arabic (above) and English (below).

The Phoenicians, who lived along the coast of Lebanon and Syria, were the first great maritime commercial empire. They voyaged the length and breadth of the Mediterranean and out into the Atlantic, trading for tin, copper, amber, fine fabrics and ivory.

Mintmark of the Paris Mint (left): Cornucopia
Engraver general's privy mark (right): Wing (1931-1957, Lucien Bazor)