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| Issuer | Banque du Liban |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse lettering | مصرف لبنان ١٠٠٠٠٠ مئة ألف ليرة بيروت في ١ أيلول سنة ٢٠٢٠ الحاكم نائب الحاكم الأول |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DU LIBAN 100,000 CENT MILLE LIVRES |
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The 100,000 Livres denomination was introduced as Lebanon's highest-value banknote, a direct consequence of the currency's prolonged collapse. By 2020, the lira had already lost the vast majority of its purchasing power against the dollar, and a note worth roughly $66 at the official rate upon issue was functionally worth a fraction of that on the parallel market within months.
Oberthur's Rennes facility has printed Lebanese notes for decades, and the security specification here — OVI plus threaded paper — is appropriate for the denomination, though the economic freefall that followed issuance rendered the anti-counterfeiting investment somewhat academic.