Catalog
10 Livres
| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Liban |
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| Year | 1956-1963 |
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| Size | 152 x 90 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents an intaglio rendering of the Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek, with its monumental colonnade and surrounding ruins set against a mountainous backdrop. A guilloche underprint in green tones frames the composition, with Arabic and French denomination inscriptions at the upper corners and along the lower border. Two manuscript signatures appear above the central vignette alongside printed Arabic title designations, with serial number and prefix printed in black at lower left and upper right. |
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| Protection description | a portrait head visible when held to light |
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The Banque de Syrie et du Liban was itself a casualty of the political turbulences it operated within — Syria nationalized the bank in 1956, effectively ending its dual mandate, while Lebanon retained it as the sole central bank until the Banque du Liban replaced it in 1964. This note spans exactly that terminal period: issued after Syria's departure, redeemed when Lebanon finally established its own institution.
Thomas De La Rue held the printing contract throughout the bank's Lebanese final chapter. The relatively long issue window — seven years — means date varieties exist within the series, and some collectors treat them as distinct acquisitions.