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| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Liban |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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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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| Obverse lettering | BON DE CAISSE BANQUE DE SYRIE ET DU LIBAN بنك سوريا ولبنان مئة ليرة Bon pour CENT LIVRES REMBOURSABLES AU PORTEUR A VUE EN UN CHEQUE SUR PARIS A RAISON DE VINGT FRANCS PAR LIVRE BEYROUTH LE 18 AOÛT 1942 LE CONTRÔLEUR LE SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL SERVICE ÉMISSION LIBAN BANQUE DE SYRIE ET DU LIBAN GOVERNMENT PRINTER PALESTINE 100 BILLET SPÉCIMEN |
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| Variants | P#33 - Specimen with BILLET SPÉCIMEN overprint |
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