Catalog
100 Syrian Pounds
| Issuer | Central Bank of Syria |
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| Year | 2009-2021 |
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| Value | 100 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | A vignette of the ancient Bab el-Hawa (Gate of the Wind), the western gate of Bosra constructed from black basalt stone and situated at the terminus of the Decumanus Maximus, occupies the central field. The Bosra Amphitheatre is rendered in the underprint, complementing the architectural theme of the design. |
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| Protection description | Head of Arabian horse; Electrotype 100 |
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| Comments |
Syria shifted its higher-denomination printing contracts to Goznak in Moscow during the mid-2000s, a move that reflected tightening political and economic alignment with Russia well before the civil war made that relationship explicit. Goznak had printed currency for Soviet-allied states throughout the Cold War and retained those relationships into the post-Soviet period.
The P#113 series ran through more than a decade of extraordinary instability — the Syrian pound lost over 90% of its value against the dollar between 2011 and 2021, meaning notes from the later years of this issue circulated in an economy where 100 pounds had become essentially negligible in purchasing power.