Catalog
25 Livres
| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban |
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| Year | 1939 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE SYRIE ET DU LIBAN LIBAN 25 VINGT CINQ LIVRES REMBOURSABLE AU PORTEUR EN CHEQUE SUR PARIS A RAISON DE VINGT FRANCS PAR LIVRE BER. LAURENT FEC. G. BELTRAND SC. |
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| Protection description | Blank oval watermark panel visible on both faces |
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The Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban was a French concessionary institution — a private bank granted the right of note issue under the French Mandate, not a state central bank. By 1939 that arrangement was already politically contentious, with nationalist movements in both Syria and Lebanon pushing hard against the financial architecture of the Mandate. This note was issued into that friction.
Printing by the Banque de France and engraving by G. Beltrand places it firmly in the high-quality intaglio tradition of French colonial currency production. The K suffix on Pick #39 designates a specific date variety within the series.