100 Livres

Issuer	Banque de Syrie et du Liban
Year	1942
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Emergency wartime bon de caisse issue in blue-grey tones, with the bank title BANQUE DE SYRIE ET DU LIBAN in large letterpress type across the top, flanked by Arabic script cartouches. The central field carries the denomination CENT LIVRES below the Arabic equivalent مئة ليرة, with dual serial numbers in the upper register and a dated inscription BEYROUTH LE 18 AOÛT 1942 alongside manuscript signatures of the Contrôleur and Secrétaire Général. Three diagonal violet handstamp overprints reading BILLET SPÉCIMEN cross the face.
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Reverse description	The reverse presents a uniform blue-grey guilloche underprint of dense engine-turned geometric lathe-work, centred on a large oval medallion enclosing the numeral 100 in outlined figures. No pictorial vignettes are present; the entire surface is composed of intricate geometric patterns. Three diagonal violet handstamp overprints reading BILLET SPÉCIMEN are applied across the field.
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Variants	P#33 - Specimen with BILLET SPÉCIMEN overprint
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