Catalog
100 Livres
| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Liban |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Yellow-toned note with a fine guilloche border in green. The bank title BANQUE DE SYRIE ET DU LIBAN is printed in large bold letters across the top, flanked by circular guilloche medallions bearing Arabic inscriptions. The denomination CENT LIVRES appears in large intaglio letters at centre, with the numeral 100 at lower right and a stylised numeral at lower left; serial number prefixes WB appear at both upper left and upper right. A bilingual redemption clause in French and Arabic runs across the mid-section, with the date DAMAS LE 1ER. AOÛT 1942 and two manuscript signatures below, identified by their official titles. Arabic text in a rectangular panel occupies the lower margin. |
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| Protection type | Guilloche underprint |
| Protection description | Intricate lathe-work guilloche patterns covering both obverse and reverse as an anti-counterfeiting underprint |
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