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5 Piastres
| Issuer | République Libanaise (Lebanese Republic) |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Printer | Survey of Egypt |
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| Obverse lettering | الجمهورية اللبنانية خمسة قروش وزير المالية مدير المالية العام بيروت في ١٥ تموز سنة ١٩٤٢ (Translation: Lebanese Republic / Five Piastres / Minister of Finance / Director General of Finance / Beirut, 15 July 1942) |
| Reverse description | The French-language reverse is engraved in dark blue-grey on plain paper, with the bold serif legend REPUBLIQUE LIBANAISE arching across the upper field. A central floral guilloche rosette frames the large numeral 5 above the denomination tablet reading PIASTRES, flanked symmetrically by two detailed vignettes of fruit and grape clusters. The denomination numeral 5 appears in circular guilloche panels at the upper corners within star cartouches, and two signature lines with their French title labels are placed below the central vignette, above the date panel reading BEYROUTH LE 15 JUILLET 1942. |
| Reverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE LIBANAISE 5 PIASTRES LE MINISTRE DES FINANCES LE DIRECTEUR DES FINANCES BEYROUTH LE 15 JUILLET 1942 SURVEY OF EGYPT |
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