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2½ Girush / Piastres WW2 War Coinage

Features

Issuer Lebanon
Period Lebanese Republic (1926-1945)
Type Emergency coinage
Year 1941
Value 2½ Piastres (0.025 LBP)
Currency Lebanese pound (1939-date)
Composition Aluminium
Weight 1.3 g
Diameter 17.3 mm
Thickness 2.26 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
10108
References KM# 13
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Lec# 48
Jean Lecompte; 2007. Monnaies et jetons des colonies françaises = Coins and Tokens of the French Colonies (2nd Edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.
, Schön# 13
Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

Obverse

Denomination in French.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBAN
2 1/2
PIASTRES

Translation:
Lebanon
2 1/2
Piastres

Reverse

Denomination in Arabic characters.

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
لبنان
١/٢ ٢
غروش

Translation:
Lebanon
2 1/2
Piastres

Edge

Smooth, rounded

Comments

Seven varieties known.

World coins catalog talks about "usually crudely struck, off-center, etc."

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1941)  Photo $ 2.30 $ 7.50 $ 9.90 $ 12 $ 23

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 2½ Girush / Piastres (WW2 War Coinage)
Katz
Auction 182
Lot 2511
Internet Archive
6 Feb 2026 UNC USD 15.04
(EUR 13.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2½ Girush / Piastres (WW2 War Coinage)
Katz
Auction 158
Lot 2295
Internet Archive
14 May 2025 UNC Unsold
Picture 1 of a sold 2½ Girush / Piastres (WW2 War Coinage)
Katz
Auction 154
Lot 2276
Internet Archive
12 Apr 2025 UNC Unsold
Picture 1 of a sold 2½ Girush / Piastres (WW2 War Coinage)
Katz
Auction 152
Lot 2144
Internet Archive
8 Mar 2025 UNC Unsold
Picture 1 of a sold 2½ Girush / Piastres (WW2 War Coinage)
Katz
Auction 149
Lot 3032
Internet Archive
8 Feb 2025 UNC USD 23.13
(EUR 20.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2½ Girush / Piastres (WW2 War Coinage)
Katz
Auction 144
Lot 823
Internet Archive
17 Nov 2024 UNC USD 41.64
(EUR 36.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2½ Girush / Piastres (WW2 War Coinage)
Katz
Auction 57
Lot 429
Internet Archive
19 Mar 2022 UNC USD 28.91
(EUR 25.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2½ Girush / Piastres (WW2 War Coinage)
Katz
Auction 194
Lot 1263
Internet Archive
15 May 2026 AU USD 24.29
(EUR 21.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2½ Girush / Piastres (WW2 War Coinage)
Katz
Auction 184
Lot 2555
Internet Archive
27 Feb 2026 AU USD 8.10
(EUR 7.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2½ Girush / Piastres (WW2 War Coinage)
Katz
Auction 171
Lot 3020
Internet Archive
10 Oct 2025 AU USD 11.57
(EUR 10.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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