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10 Piastres
| Issuer | Banque de Syrie |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | P#12 |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE SYRIE DIX PIASTRES SYRIENNES REMBOURSABLE AU PORTEUR EN CHÈQUE SUR PARIS À RAISON DE VINGT CENTIMES FRANÇAIS PAR PIASTRE SYRIENNE البنك السوري |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 PIASTRES SYRIENNES 10 البنك السوري |
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The Banque de Syrie was established under French mandate authority following the post-WWI dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire, and this 1920 issue was among the earliest notes put into circulation under the new order. France had secured the Syrian mandate at San Remo in April 1920 — the ink was barely dry on that agreement when these notes entered use.
Bradbury Wilkinson was a logical choice for the commission: the New Malden firm handled sensitive currency work for numerous colonial and mandate territories throughout the interwar period. The piastre denomination itself was carried over directly from Ottoman usage, a deliberate continuity intended to ease public acceptance of the new currency regime.