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10 Livres
| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Liban |
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| Year | 1939 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | A tall clock tower vignette occupies the left portion in intaglio against a purple guilloche underprint, with the bold denomination DIX LIVRES at centre flanked by serial numbers. Bilingual French and Arabic text — including the redemption clause and the issue date BEYROUTH 1ER SEPTEMBRE 1939 — runs along the lower field, with two manuscript signatures of bank officials at lower centre. Corner numerals 10 appear in both Latin and Arabic-script characters, and the bank title BANQUE DE SYRIE ET DU LIBAN heads the upper margin. |
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| Reverse description | A large central oval vignette encloses a coastal seascape with rocky outcrops, small boats, and distant hills, executed in fine intaglio line work and framed by intricate guilloche rosettes at each corner. The numeral 10 is set within decorative cartouches at both left and right, with the Arabic-script equivalent at the far right. The inscription DIX LIVRES runs along the lower margin, while the bilingual bank title in Arabic script heads the upper portion. |
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| Variants | P#28a - overprint P#28b - overprint P#28c - overprint |
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