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| Issuer | Banque du Liban |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | Livre libanaise (1939-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central vignette of the Martyr's Square clock tower in Beirut rendered in intaglio, alongside an arch monument at left with an optically variable ink element incorporating the numeral 100. The Arabic inscription of the bank name appears at upper right, with the denomination in Arabic numerals at upper left and lower right. Two facsimile signatures appear at lower centre, with the issuance date and place of Beirut inscribed below in Arabic script. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a large intaglio vignette of the Pigeon Rocks (Raouché), the iconic sea stacks off the Beirut coastline, rendered against a dramatic sky with a traditional wooden boat at the lower right. The bank name "BANQUE DU LIBAN" is inscribed at upper centre in Latin script, with the denomination "100,000" at upper right and "CENT MILLE LIVRES" at lower centre. A windowed security thread and colour-shifting numeral device appear at upper right, with guilloche underprint patterns in olive and yellow tones throughout. |
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| Protection description | Windowed security thread with microtext; optically variable ink element incorporating the numeral 100 on the obverse arch vignette; watermark visible when held to light |
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