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200 Pounds No fraction in serial number
| Issuer | Central Bank of Syria |
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| Year | 2009-2021 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a detailed vignette of the ornamental carved ceiling of the southern niche of the Temple of Bel at ancient Palmyra, a celebrated example of Syrian antiquity whose design was first disseminated in Europe through engravings after Giovanni Battista Borra's drawings in 1753. The denomination and Arabic inscriptions are set within a guilloche border against a multicolour underprint. |
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| Protection description | Horse head and denomination. |
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Syria's 200 Pound denomination has been printed by the Austrian state security printer OeBS throughout its modern run — an arrangement that predates the 2011 uprising but continued into the war years, raising periodic questions about the propriety of European firms supplying banknote paper and printing services to Damascus under sanctions pressure. Austria's position was that existing contracts and humanitarian carve-outs applied.
The Pick 114 series omits fractional serial numbers, distinguishing it from related issues in the same denomination range. OeBS security output for this period typically includes intaglio printing, but the listed security features here reduce to watermark only — worth noting when authenticating.