Evidence coverage: 1920–2026. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Lebanon’s pound branches from the common Syrian-Lebanese monetary unit: the 1937 agreement separated currencies, while 1948 agreements and withdrawal ended their effective interchangeability. The broad interval distinguishes legal institutional separation from operational monetary separation; it is not merely two note designs.
Sources and qualifications →The new Syrian-Lebanese currency replaced the Egyptian currency used under the postwar occupation. The common unit is documented from 1920 and formalized in the 1924 concession. Issuer authoritative history explicitly identifies replacement; no claim that a French-franc peg supplies the Egyptian ancestry.
Sources and qualifications →Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
The decree report provides for a new Syrian-pound scale from 1 January 2026 at 100 old pounds per new pound, with withdrawal and coexistence governed separately.
C576Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
The decree report provides for a new Syrian-pound scale from 1 January 2026 at 100 old pounds per new pound, with withdrawal and coexistence governed separately.
31 December 2025 report of Decree 293/2025, effective date and conversion provisions
The shared Syrian-Lebanese currency divided into separate Lebanese and Syrian issues under the 1937 concession extension. The local separation is qualified because the issuer’s historical summary gives differing milestones.
Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R-V22-042. The broad interval distinguishes legal institutional separation from operational monetary separation; it is not merely two note designs. Replacement evidence: C1624.
Evolution of Lebanese Currency, 1964 entry
Reconcile the page's 1937 separate-currency narrative with its later summary; inspect 1937/1939 and 1948 agreements before fixing pound identity.
The Banque de Syrie currency succeeded Egyptian currency under the French mandate. The link compresses the initial Syrian/shared Syrian-Lebanese stages and remains qualified.
Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R-V22-043. Issuer authoritative history explicitly identifies replacement; no claim that a French-franc peg supplies the Egyptian ancestry. Replacement evidence: C1625.
Evolution of Lebanese Currency, 1964 entry
Reconcile the page's 1937 separate-currency narrative with its later summary; inspect 1937/1939 and 1948 agreements before fixing pound identity.
Lebanon’s pound branches from the common Syrian-Lebanese monetary unit: the 1937 agreement separated currencies, while 1948 agreements and withdrawal ended their effective interchangeability.
Printed pp31–35, paragraphs 96–104; PDF pages41–45; Evolution of Lebanese Currency, 1964 entry
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Printed pp31–35, paragraphs 96–104; PDF pages41–45; Evolution of Lebanese Currency, 1964 entry
Reconcile the page's 1937 separate-currency narrative with its later summary; inspect 1937/1939 and 1948 agreements before fixing pound identity.
The new Syrian-Lebanese currency replaced the Egyptian currency used under the postwar occupation. The common unit is documented from 1920 and formalized in the 1924 concession.
Evolution of Lebanese Currency, 1964 entry; Printed pp31–35, paragraphs 96–104; PDF pages41–45
Reconcile the page's 1937 separate-currency narrative with its later summary; inspect 1937/1939 and 1948 agreements before fixing pound identity.
Evolution of Lebanese Currency, 1964 entry; Printed pp31–35, paragraphs 96–104; PDF pages41–45
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.