LEBANON. 5 Piastres, 1925. Paris Mint. PCGS MS-65 Gold Shield. KM-5.1; Lec-26. Variety with two privy marks on the left. Lightly toned in pale pastel rose and blue over dominant yellow-gold luster. Tied for the finest graded with two other examples at PCGS, and scarcer in high grades than the type with the usual left-right orientation of the privy marks-a total of just six examples have been graded Mint State by PCGS. We surmise that this die was prepared in error with both privy marks to the left, as was done for the Essais to create room for the word ESSAI where the right privy mark usually appears. The Cedars Collection of Lebanese Coinage, 1924-1961.
