Country:

Syria

Series:

1976 -FAOseries

Catalog codes:

World Coins km 113

Themes:

Coats of Arms | Dams | F.A.O. | Falcons | Gears - Cogs Wheels | Heraldic Animals | Plants (Flora) | Rivers

Issued on:

1976

Last issue date:

1976

Distribution:

Circulating Commemorative

Mints:

Baden-Wurttemberg State Mint (Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg), Karlsruhe, Germany (G Mint Mark)

Composition:

Nickel

Edge:

Reeded/grained

Orientation:

Medal alignment ↑O↑

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

None. Rectangles. Both sides

Weight:

5 grams

Diameter:

23.4 mm

Face value:

50 Syrian piastre

Known mintage:

1,000,000

Composition Details:

~ 99% nickel

Score:

57% Accuracy: High

Description:

Front: Tabqa Dam (سد الطبقة, dam of the revolution, سد الثورة)
40 km (upstream) of Ar-Raqqah in Ar-Raqqah Governorate
height 60 m1, length 4.5 km created Lake Assad (largest reservoir)
constructed: 1968 - 1973
between (above, value) ٥٠ (50) قروشـًا (an.sh.u.r.q ←, Qirsh/Piastres)
(top, arced state name) الجمهورية العربية السورية
(transliterated: Al-Jumhūrīyah Al-ʻArabīyah As-Sūrīyah)
(translated: Syrian Arab Republic)
(below, name) ســـد الـفرات (Eufraat Dam)
(bottom, FAO motto) ......زبـادة اذتـاج ا زفا
(translated: .... of production increase)
legend: none, circle made of (left) arced spike (ear)
(right) ½ cog wheel with 5 teeth
Back: 4th Coat of arms (1972 - 1980) "Hawk of Quraish"
(شعار سوريا‎) looking right, without 5-pointed stars
(Federation of Arab Republics wih Egypt & Libia)
ribbon with (union name) اتحاد الجمهوريات العربية
(transliterated: Ittiħād Al-Jumhūriyyāt Al-`Arabiyya)
(translated: Federation of Arab Republics)
legend: (bottom-left, Western year in Arabic numerals) ١٩٧٦ (1976)
(bottom, spacer/dash) -
(bottom-right, Arabic year, Hijra) ١٣٩٦ (AH1396)
Edge: G - grained, type: tresholds with inclined edges

Formerly known as: y44