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100 Livres
| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Liban |
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| Year | 1952-1963 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | A panoramic vignette of the port city of Beirut occupies the central field, rendered in fine intaglio line work with ships at harbour and the urban waterfront in the foreground. Denomination numerals appear in all four corners alongside Arabic script, with the panel framed by a guilloche border. Two signature panels and date inscription appear above the central vignette, with serial number and prefix letter printed in the upper register. |
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| Reverse lettering | بنك سوريا ولبنان 100 LIVRES مئة ليرة لبنانية ليرة ١٠٠ |
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The Banque de Syrie et du Liban was a French-chartered private institution — its note-issuing authority in Lebanon survived long after Syrian independence in 1946, an increasingly awkward arrangement that persisted until the Banque du Liban was established in 1964 and took over currency functions entirely. This 100 Livres note falls squarely within that final chapter, printed by De La Rue across an eleven-year span that bridged the formal separation of the two monetary systems.
The extended date range on P#60 reflects reorders rather than a single print run — De La Rue's contract records indicate successive deliveries throughout the late 1950s as Lebanese demand outpaced the earlier stock.