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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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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Banque de Syrie et du Liban was a French-controlled institution operating under mandate authority, and by the time this note entered circulation Syria had already declared independence in 1944 and Lebanon in 1943. The bank continued issuing currency for both countries through 1950 despite having lost its political mandate — an awkward arrangement that persisted until the Banque de Syrie and Banque du Liban were established as separate national institutions.
Serveau's design was engraved at the Banque de France workshops, where Deloche and Beltrand were both staff engravers. The Beltrand name specifically traces to a distinguished family of French wood and intaglio engravers active across several generations.