25 Livres

Issuer	Banque de Syrie
Year	1920
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Central vignette of an Arab cemetery with figures and a caravan at right, set within a guilloche-bordered frame against a green underprint. Bilingual text in French and Arabic appears throughout, with the bank title 'BANQUE DE SYRIE' at top and the denomination in both scripts. Date 'Beyrouth, le 1er Janvier 1920' is printed below the vignette, with signature panels for Le Secretaire General and Le Directeur at lower left and right respectively.
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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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