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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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| Obverse lettering | بنك سوريا ولبنان خمسة وعشرون ليرة SYRIE 1939 لبنان بيروت في أول نيسان ١٩٣٩ |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a large sculptural vignette of a lion-head architectural relief set within an acanthus-leaf frieze, rendered in rich intaglio engraving at the upper portion of the note. Below, a Greek-key guilloche border frames the denomination inscription VINGT CINQ LIVRES in bold letterpress, with an oval white unprinted area at lower right serving as a watermark zone. The bank title BANQUE DE SYRIE ET DU LIBAN is lettered across the top, flanked by the word LIBAN at each side, with the redemption clause printed in small text beneath the denomination. |
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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.