Depicts a Lebanon cedar, the value (left) in Arabic and in French (below) and the mint master's mark (right).

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 above date in Arabic, country name in Arabic and French.

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.