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Lebanese pound: research record

Evidence coverage: 1937–1964. 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.

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Currency continuity

Lebanese pound

LBP · Research draft
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.

Parents / predecessors

Syrian poundterritorial currency separation · 1937–1948
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Children / successors

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.

Sources and qualifications →
Monetary history 1 events

Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.

1964: central-bank issueIssuer transition

Banque du Liban began issuing Lebanese-pound notes in 1964.

C555
Evidence & research notes 3 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C555

Banque du Liban began issuing Lebanese-pound notes in 1964.

Banque du Liban · History of Lebanese Banknotes and Coins Citation S289 · Open source ↗

Evolution of Lebanese Currency, 1964 entry

Source access and limitations

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.

Banque du Liban · History of Lebanese Banknotes and Coins Citation S289 · Open source ↗

Evolution of Lebanese Currency, 1964 entry

Source access and limitations

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 1949 Citation 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.

Banque du Liban · History of Lebanese Banknotes and Coins Citation S289 · Open source ↗

Printed pp31–35, paragraphs 96–104; PDF pages41–45; Evolution of Lebanese Currency, 1964 entry

Source access and limitations

Reconcile the page's 1937 separate-currency narrative with its later summary; inspect 1937/1939 and 1948 agreements before fixing pound identity.

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