Catalog
10 Livres
| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Liban |
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| Year | 1945-1950 |
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| Currency | Lebanese pound (1939-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central ornamental vignette of stylized Islamic arabesques and geometric guilloche patterns in shades of green, red, and orange, flanked on each side by large white oval watermark reserves. The denomination "10" appears in Arabic script at upper left and upper right corners, with the Arabic date and two manuscript signatures printed across the centre field. The legend "DIX LIVRES LIBANAISES" runs along the top in bold intaglio lettering, with serial numbers and prefix letters at the four corners. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents an intaglio vignette of the courtyard of the Beit ed-Din Palace, rendered in warm ochres, greens, and terracotta, with a tall cypress tree rising at centre behind a fountain, framed by a series of stone arches in the characteristic Lebanese Druze architectural style. The issuer's name in Arabic appears across the top, with the denomination in both Arabic and French at the upper corners. The engraver's and designer's credits are inscribed in small lettering at the lower left and right margins. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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