AUB Main Gate - 10 LBP (Standard)

Title: AUB Main Gate - 10 LBP (Standard)
Denomination: 10 LBP
Date: 2016
TID: C12.3
Material: Silver 999; Silver
Manufacture: Proof Strike
Weight (g): 155.5
Diameter (mm): 57 x 57
Description: Remarks: 1901 – AUB’s Main Gate has welcomed generations of students to the University, irrespective of race, creed, or national origin, and throughout all circumstances. The University’s motto “That they may have life and have it more abundantly” is etched on both facades. Designed by New York architect Edward Pearce Casey, who worked on Washington’s Library of Congress, it was first known as the Gate House, which housed the President's Office as well as a reception and business room for visitors, the treasurer’s and the gateman’s offices, and later the offices of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the general secretary of the Alumni Association. Its restoration in 2015 was the first phase of AUB’s 150th anniversary celebrations. Today, it houses the protection offices, AUB’s Workers and Staff Syndicate, and the Visitors Bureau.
The Main Gate was backdrop to many scenes of AUB’s eventful history; the Olympic Torch passed by on the way to Tokyo in 1964, it watched over waves of passing student demonstrations and political protests through the years, and it was a stop for the tramway from 1909 to the 1960s.; Remark: Although the quantity mentioned for mintage on the COA is "Up to 2000", yet it seems that the actual minted quantity is only 1000 as mentioned in a brochure produced by Mint of Poland about these medals and distributed during the Beirut Money Fair 2016.; COA Number: 333; Official AUB 150th Anniversary Commemorative Coins website; BDL Public Announcement; AUB Standard Set COA PDF
Obverse: AUB Main Gate - Standard, Obverse
Reverse: AUB Main Gate - Standard, Reverse
Mintage: 1000
TRS Tier (Rarity Level): TRS C-; TRS C=1000
Peculiarity: Diamond shape, agate insert and antique finish.
Bears Date: 2016
Axis: 12 hr
Shape: Diamond
Authority: Republic of Lebanon
Stated Authority: BANQUE DU LIBAN
Mint: Polish Mint
Numismatic Group: Commemorative Coins
Is Part Of: 150th Anniv of AUB - Standard Series
Collection: LIRAT.ME Reference Collection
Relation: AUB Main Gate - 1 LBP (Small); AUB Main Gate - 50 LBP (Limited); American University of Beirut; AUB - VIAF; AUB - Wikipedia
References: Official AUB 150th Anniversary Commemorative Coins website; BDL Public Announcement
Provenance: Abdallah Absi; The American University of Beirut - AUB; BANQUE DU LIBAN
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; Terms of use
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