Syria 25 Piastres 1937.
$40
NZNDA member
Obverse: Value within circle.
Reverse: Star in center of flower design/
Mintage: 393,000. (smallest mintage in this series).
Siver, 0.680, 0.1093 oz. ASW, 5.g, 23mm.
Catalogue: KM# 73.
Grade: gFine- VF, reverse stains.
The League of Nations gave France a mandate to the Levant states of Syria and Lebanon in 1920. In 1930, following a series of uprisings, France recognised Syria as an independent republic, but still subject to the mandate.
Lebanon became fully independent on November 22nd, 1943 and Syria on January 1st, 1944.
