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| Issuer | Banque de Syrie |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE SYRIE البنك السوري VINGT CINQ LIVRES SYRIENNES خمس وعشرون ليرة سورية Remboursable au porteur contre 500 Francs en cheque sur Paris Beyrouth le 1er JANVIER 1920 S.Syr 25 ليرة سورية ٢٥ |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Mausoleum of Zainab bint Ali in Damascus, rendered in intaglio, with figures gathered at the entrance steps. The design is executed in a deep rose-red and olive colour scheme, with large arabesque guilloche rosettes framing the denomination numeral '25' at right and in Arabic script at left. The Arabic bank title 'البنك السوري' appears at top centre within a cartouche. |
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| Variants | P#8a - issued note P#8s - Specimen |
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