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2½ Girush / Piastres

Features

Issuer Lebanon
Period Lebanese Republic (1926-1945)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1940
Value 2½ Piastres (0.025 LBP)
Currency Lebanese pound (1939-date)
Composition Aluminium bronze
Weight 3.08 g
Diameter 21 mm
Shape Round with a round hole
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
11269
References KM# 10
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Lec# 22
Jean Lecompte; 2007. Monnaies et jetons des colonies françaises = Coins and Tokens of the French Colonies (2nd Edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.
, Schön# 7
Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

Obverse

Hole in centre of wreath

Scripts: Arabic, Latin

Lettering: ·REPUBLIQUE·LIBANAISE·

Translation: Lebanese Republic

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Reverse

Hole in centre flanked by lion heads with value and dates below

Scripts: Arabic, Latin

Lettering:
2 PIASTRES 1/2
1940 - ١٩٤٠

Translation:
2 Piastres 1/2
1940

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Edge

Plain

Mint

Mintmark of Monnaie de Paris Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Mark

Wing Lucien Bazor, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1931-1958)

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1940  Wing Photo 1 000 000 $ 5.50 $ 5.50 $ 11 $ 35

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 2½ Girush / Piastres
Katz
Auction 174
Lot 1446
Internet Archive
15 Nov 2025 UNC USD 17.41
(EUR 15.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2½ Girush / Piastres
Katz
Auction 154
Lot 2275
Internet Archive
12 Apr 2025 UNC USD 34.82
(EUR 30.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2½ Girush / Piastres
Katz
Auction 149
Lot 3030
Internet Archive
8 Feb 2025 UNC USD 44.11
(EUR 38.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2½ Girush / Piastres
Katz
Auction 70
Lot 803
Internet Archive
13 Nov 2022 USD 192.67
(EUR 166.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2½ Girush / Piastres
Katz
Jubilee Auction 60
Lot 1502
Internet Archive
14 May 2022 USD 256.51
(EUR 221.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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