One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor. Current currency in the inherited endpoint register. Dated observations: 1937–1964; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
Unit and issue records 1 records
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Lebanese Pound — endpoint research dossierFTM000729 · C555
Latest research
Modern account-unit review
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.
Reconcile the page's 1937 separate-currency narrative with its later summary; inspect 1937/1939 and 1948 agreements before fixing pound identity.
Inference C1144
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.
Reconcile the page's 1937 separate-currency narrative with its later summary; inspect 1937/1939 and 1948 agreements before fixing pound identity.
Supported C1624
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.
F. G. Bochenski, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development · Report on the Economy of the Lebanon, E45, 20 December 1948, revised 8 June 1949Citation S766 · Open source ↗
Printed pp31–35, paragraphs 96–104; PDF pages41–45; Evolution of Lebanese Currency, 1964 entry
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.