Description

SYRIA.

French Protectorate.

50 Piastres 1929.

Obverse: Value within circle.

Reverse: Star in center of flower design/

Mintage 880,000.

Siver, 0.680, 0.2186 oz. ASW, 10.0g, 27mm.

Catalogue: KM# 74.

Grade: Fine-gFine.

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.