Catalog
2.000 Livres Libanaises
| Issuer | Ministère des Finances, République Libanaise |
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| Year | 1969 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Treasury bond (Bon du Trésor) format on pale green paper, with a central vignette of a Lebanese castle or ancient fortification rendered in purple-grey intaglio. The upper panel carries bilingual headings in French and Arabic for the République Libanaise and Ministère des Finances, framed by ornate guilloche borders. The denomination 2000 appears in large numerals at lower left, with text stating payability on 1 March 1970 at the Banque du Liban; a diagonal SPECIMEN overprint in red crosses the face. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse coupon panel, printed on the same pale green paper, carries the full Arabic text of the bond conditions in a clean typeset layout without pictorial vignette. Headings repeat the Republic and Ministry titles at top, followed by the denomination القيمة ٢٠٠٠ ل.ل. and redemption terms; a diagonal SPECIMEN overprint in red is applied across the text. |
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Lebanon's Ministry of Finance issued notes directly — bypassing the Banque du Liban, which had only been established in 1964 — during a transitional period when the new central bank was still consolidating its role as sole issuer. This 2,000 Livres denomination sits at the high end of the 1960s series and would have represented serious purchasing power in Lebanon at the time.
Pick 47A is scarce in any grade. High-denomination notes in Lebanon circulated among a narrow commercial class and were rarely returned through normal banking channels, which complicates survival rates.