Catalog
100 000 Livres
| Issuer | Banque du Liban |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 100 000 Livres |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in tones of green and gold over a geometric guilloche underprint composed of interlocking grid and arabesque motifs. At upper centre, the bank title مصرف لبنان appears in bold Arabic script, with the denomination ١٠٠٬٠٠٠ in Arabic-Indic numerals at upper left. A holographic star-burst vignette bearing the Cedar of Lebanon emblem is positioned at centre right, while a second Cedar vignette rendered in intaglio occupies the lower left area over a gold-tinted panel. Two facsimile signatures appear in the lower centre, captioned الحاكم (Governor) at right and نائب الحاكم الاول (First Deputy Governor) at left, with the place and date بيروت في ٣ تموز ٢٠٢٣ at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DU LIBAN 100,000 CENT MILLE LIVRES |
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The 100,000 Livres denomination is a direct product of Lebanon's post-2019 currency collapse, during which the Lebanese pound lost over 90% of its official value and far more on the parallel market. Notes of this face value, once representing meaningful purchasing power, became routine transactional instruments for everyday goods within a few years of introduction — a compression of value that makes high-denomination issues from this period historically significant even if numerically abundant.
Pick 105 is among the higher-numbered issues in the modern Lebanese series, reflecting how rapidly the central bank was forced to escalate denominations during the crisis years.