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1 Livres SYRIE 1939
| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban |
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| Year | 1939 |
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| Value | 1 Pound (1 SYP) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in rose-brown and blue tones, the obverse is framed by an intricate guilloche and arabesque border with ornamental rosettes at the corners and denomination numerals. The central field carries Arabic text stating the denomination and redemption clause, with a bold black letterpress overprint reading 'SYRIE 1939' applied across the middle of the note. A blank white cartouche on the left side serves as the watermark reserve area. |
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| Obverse lettering | سوريا بنك سوريا والبنان الكبير ليرة واحدة يدفع بكامله كاشفا على باريس او مرسيليا قيمة الليرة عشرون فرنكاً بيروت في اول شباط ١٩٣٥ SYRIE 1939 |
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The Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban was a French concessionary institution — its notes were effectively instruments of the franc zone rather than expressions of local monetary authority. This 1 Livre issue came at a precarious moment: France's grip on its Levantine mandates was already under pressure, and within two years of this note's printing the fall of France and the Vichy interlude would throw the entire currency apparatus into uncertainty.
Marguerite Dreyfus, who signed her work as "Rita," was among the more accomplished engravers working at the Banque de France atelier in this period. Clément Serveau's involvement ties this note to a broader body of French colonial graphic work he produced through the 1930s.