LEBANON 

KM 3

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
1 piastre 24.0 5.0   Plain Copper-Nickel Coin
Obverse Reverse

Hole in center of wreath. The inscriptions along the rim: 'State of Great Lebanon' in French and in Arabic.

The state of Greater Lebanon, the predecessor of modern Lebanon, was created in 1920 as part of the French scheme of dividing the French Mandate of Syria into six states.

Hole in center flanked by lion's heads Below - face value, the year of minting.