Both 250 and 500 Lebanese pound coin bracelets are on display inside a shop in Tripoli, northern Lebanon. All photos: Reuters
Both 250 and 500 Lebanese pound coin bracelets are on display inside a shop in Tripoli, northern Lebanon. All photos: Reuters
Fashion shop owner Rima Mawlawi El Samad shows off the range of coin bracelets.
Fashion shop owner Rima Mawlawi El Samad shows off the range of coin bracelets.
Grocery shop owner Antoine Saab puts 250 and 500 Lebanese pound coins into a jar, in Beirut.
Grocery shop owner Antoine Saab puts 250 and 500 Lebanese pound coins into a jar, in Beirut.
Rima Mawlawi El Samad wears a necklace and earrings at her shop.
Rima Mawlawi El Samad wears a necklace and earrings at her shop.
Coins to be made into jewellery.
Coins to be made into jewellery.
Jewellery maker Nisrine Dassouki Haffar works on a bracelet in Tripoli.
Jewellery maker Nisrine Dassouki Haffar works on a bracelet in Tripoli.
Antoine Saab with two jars full of Lebanese pound coins at his shop in Beirut.
Antoine Saab with two jars full of Lebanese pound coins at his shop in Beirut.

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Lebanese currency used to make fashion accessories - in pictures

Declining in value, coins are being repurposed as more valuable jewellery

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