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1 Livre

Emittent Banque de Syrie et du Liban
Jahr 1950
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Währung Pound (1919-date)
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Vorderseitenbeschreibung The obverse presents a central vignette of a classical colonnade, likely referencing ancient Syrian architectural heritage, set within a frame of fine guilloche underprint work. Bilingual inscriptions in Arabic and French identify the issuing authority and denomination, with additional text elements arranged along the upper and lower margins. The overall design is executed in intaglio, characteristic of Bradbury Wilkinson production of the period.
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The Banque de Syrie et du Liban was a French-chartered institution — its concession dated to 1919 — still operating as Lebanon's currency authority well after independence. By 1950 the political situation had become awkward: Syria had formally separated its currency union with Lebanon in 1948, establishing its own monetary council, yet the Banque continued issuing notes denominated in the shared Livre for Lebanese circulation alone. This note belongs to that post-separation period, when the institution's dual-nation name was already an anachronism.

Bradbury Wilkinson printed the series at their New Malden works in Surrey. The watermark is the sole security feature — modest even by the standards of the day.