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  • 5 Livres 1978, KM# 31, Lebanon, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  • 5 Livres 1978, KM# 31, Lebanon, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Obverse

Depicts a Lebanon cedar, date and inscription "Bank of Lebanon" in Arabic above and in 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.

مصرف لبنان
1978 -١٩٧٨
★ BANQUE DU LIBAN ★

Reverse

Depicts sort of corps grape, orange, pear, pomegranates, sunflower and oat, radiant sun in the background, the denomination in Arabic above and in French in the middle.

FAO
٥
ليرات
5 L.

Edge
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Nickel
Weight 15 g
Diameter 32.5 mm
Thickness -
Shape round
Alignment Coin
Mint
Royal Mint

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