Arab Kingdom of Syria (1919-1920), Federation of Syria (1922-1925), Syrian State (1925-1931, 1939-1941), Republic of Syria (1931-1939, 1941-1958), Syrian Arab Republic (1961-present)
Unrecognized state (1919-1920, 1943-1946), French Mandate (1922-1943), Independent State (1946-1958, 1961-present)
Location: Levant
Capital City: Dmascus
Government type: Constitutional Monarchy (1919-1920), French League of Nations Mandate (1922-1943), Republic (1943-1963, 2024-present), Ba'athist Republic (1963-2024)
Main languages: Arabic, Kurdish
Main religions: Sunni Islam, Shia Islam, Eastern Christianity
Chronology
1919: Kingdom of Syria proclaimed independent from the collapsing Ottoman Empire
1920: France takes over Syria under mandate from the League of Nations, splitting it into the states of Aleppo, Damascus, Jabal al-Druze, and the Alawite State
1922: Aleppo and Damascus united into the Syrian Federation
1936: Alawite State and Jabal al-Druze added to Syria
1940-1941: Aligned with Vichy France
1941-1946: British/Free French occupation
1943: Independence from France
1946: Independence recognized by France
1958: United with Egypt as the United Arab Republic
1961: Independence restored
1963: Ba'athists take power
2011-2024: Syrian civil war, leading to the end of the Ba'athist regime
Currency
Dinar (1920)
First Pound (1920-2026)
1 Pound = 100 Qirsh
Second Pound (2026-present)
1 Pound = 100 Qirsh
Coins from Syria in the collection
French Mandate/s (1920-1943)
•1/2 Qirsh, 1921 (cupronickel, Paris mint, KM#68)
•2 Qirsh, 1926 (aluminum bronze, Paris mint, KM#69)
First Republic (1943-1958)
•2.5 Qirsh, 1948 (cupronickel, Heaton Mint (Birmingham), KM#81)
•10 Qirsh, 1948 (cupronickel, Heaton Mint and Kings Norton Mint (Birmingham), KM#83)
•10 Qirsh, 1956 (cupronickel, Lahore mint, KM#83)
•1 Pound, 1950 (silver (.680), KM#85)
Ba'athist Republic (1963-2024)
•5 Qirsh, 1976 (brass, Karlsruhe mint, KM#110) Commemorative: FAO
•25 Qirsh, 1968 (nickel, Sherrit Mint (Fort Saskatchewan), KM#96)
•50 Qirsh, 1968 (nickel, Sherrit Mint (Fort Saskatchewan), KM#97)
•50 Qirsh, 1979 (cupronickel, VDM Metals (Werdohl, Germany), KM#119)
•1 Pound, 1968 (nickel, Sherrit Mint (Fort Saskatchewan), KM#99) Commemorative: FAO
•1 Pound, 1968 (nickel, KM#98)
•1 Pound, 1979 (cupronickel, VDM Metals (Werdohl, Germany), KM#120.1)
•2 Pound, 1996 (nickel-plated steel, Paris mint, KM#125)
•5 Pound, 1996 (cupronickel, Paris mint, KM#123)
•10 Pound, 2003 (nickel brass, Llantrisant mint, KM#130)
•25 Pound, 1995 (stainless steel center in aluminum bronze ring, Paris mint, KM#122) Commemorative: 25th Anniversary of Hafez al-Assad's Coup
•25 Pound, 1996 (stainless steel center in aluminum bronze ring, Paris mint, KM#126)
Banknotes from Syria in the collection
Ba'athist Republic (1963-2024)
•100 Pound, 1978 (P#104)
•200 Pound, 2009 (P#114)