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| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Syrie |
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| Year | 1957 |
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| Currency | Pound (1919-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | مصرف سورية المركزي ليرة سورية واحدة |
| Reverse description | A central intaglio vignette presents the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, with its minaret and arcaded courtyard rendered in detailed architectural engraving against a lightly clouded sky. The issuer's name in French appears at the top centre, and the denomination inscription runs along the lower margin. Guilloche borders frame the composition on all sides, with a plain oval reserve at right. |
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Syria's Banque Centrale de Syrie replaced the earlier Banque de Syrie et du Liban as the sole issuing authority following full monetary separation from Lebanon in 1956 — this note belongs to the first series issued under that independent framework. Bradbury Wilkinson, working from their New Malden facility, produced a significant share of Middle Eastern currency during this period, with their intaglio work appearing across multiple newly independent states simultaneously.
Pick 79 is the lowest denomination of the 1957 BCS series and consequently saw the heaviest circulation. Worn examples are the rule rather than the exception.