Catalog
50 000 Livres
| Issuer | Banque du Liban |
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| Year | 1994-1995 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DU LIBAN CINQUANTE MILLE LIVRES 50000 |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The 50,000 Livres was the highest denomination the Banque du Liban had ever issued when this series appeared in 1994 — a direct consequence of the catastrophic inflation that gutted the Lebanese pound during the civil war years. By the early 1990s, the official rate had collapsed from roughly 3 livres to the dollar in 1975 to over 2,500. The note's existence is itself a ledger entry for that destruction.
BA International, the Montreal-based successor to the venerable British American Bank Note Company, handled the printing. The security package is notably thin for a note of this face value — watermark only, no security thread.