5 Livres

Issuer	Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban
Year	1925-1930
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Currency	Syrian pound (1920-1939)
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Obverse description	The obverse is set within an ornate geometric border in an Arabesque style, with a large blank oval cartouche at left intended for the stamp or seal. The central field carries Arabic text inscriptions including the bank name and denomination خمس ليرات (five livres), with the serial number and date rendered in Arabic-Indic numerals. Two manuscript signatures appear across the lower centre, with the denomination numeral 5 repeated at bottom corners flanked by prefix and serial number panels, and the engraver's credit CL. SERVEAU FEC. / L. LECLERC DEL. at lower margins.
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Reverse description	The reverse centres on an intaglio vignette of the Krak des Chevaliers Crusader fortress set within a large oval guilloche frame, with the Arabic geometric lattice underprint extending across the full field. The numeral 5 appears at upper left in red, and the inscription CINQ LIVRES is printed in bold letters along the lower portion. The bank title BANQUE DE SYRIE ET DU GRAND-LIBAN and GRAND-LIBAN are positioned at upper centre and upper right respectively, with a large blank oval medallion at right and the engraver's credit CL. SERVEAU FEC. / RITA SC. at the lower margins.
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