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1 Livre

Issuer Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban
Year 1935
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Currency Livre (1920-1939)
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Obverse description The obverse is printed in shades of brown and rose on cream paper, with an intricate geometric and arabesque border guilloche framing the entire note. A large blank cartouche occupies the upper-left quadrant, flanked by ornamental rosette medallions at the corners, while the central field carries the Arabic denomination لیرة واحدة (One Livre) and the date in Arabic script, with the serial number printed in two positions. Two manuscript signatures of bank officials appear below the central text, accompanied by their Arabic titles, and the numeral 1 appears in a circular medallion at the lower left.
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Reverse description The reverse is printed in tones of brown and tan, organized around a tripartite arch composition with elaborate arabesque and geometric guilloche borders. The left panel carries the French bank name BANQUE DE SYRIE ET DU GRAND-LIBAN in two lines within a framed cartouche, the central arch frames a vignette of a Syrian cityscape or landscape, and the right panel contains a large blank watermark space; the word SYRIE appears at the top center and the denomination UNE LIVRE is printed in bold serif capitals across the central field.
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