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| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban |
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| Year | 1939 |
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| Reference(s) | P#39B |
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| Obverse lettering | سورية بنك سوريا ولبنان الكبير خمس ليرات SYRIE 1939 J. DEMARCQ FEC. L.J. SOULAS SC. |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a central vignette of the Azam Palace in Damascus, rendered in multicolour intaglio with arched colonnades, a minaret and landscaped courtyard visible. The vignette is framed by an intricate arabesque guilloche border in red, green and blue. The bank name appears in large letterpress type at the top, the denomination CINQ LIVRES at the bottom, flanked by numeral 5 counters, with the SYRIE overprint in a decorative cartouche above the central vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE SYRIE ET DU GRAND-LIBAN SYRIE CINQ LIVRES REMBOURSABLE AU PORTEUR EN CHÈQUE SUR PARIS OU MARSEILLE A RAISON DE VINGT FRANCS PAR LIVRE J. DEMARCQ FEC. HOURRIEZ SC. |
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