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50 000 Livres
| Issuer | Banque du Liban |
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| Year | 2011-2019 |
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| Value | 50 000 Livres |
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| Obverse description | The State Emblem of Lebanon centred above, incorporating the Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani). The field is filled with geometric square vignettes symbolising the reconstruction of Lebanon city block by city block, with a stylised sailing boat beneath the dual signatures and the date positioned to the right. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DU LIBAN CINQUANTE MILLE LIVRES (Translation: Bank of Lebanon Fifty Thousand Pounds) |
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The 50,000 Livres is the highest denomination Banque du Liban has issued in this series, a reflection of how far the pound had depreciated since its 1990s peg to the dollar at 1,507.5 LBP — a rate that held artificially stable for decades before the 2019 financial collapse exposed the full scale of the central bank's structural insolvency. Dual printing by both Goznak and Oberthur is genuinely unusual; the two firms rarely share a series, and the arrangement likely reflects supply contract diversification rather than any single production shortfall.