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50 000 Livres 70 Years of Independence
| Issuer | Banque du Liban |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Obverse description | Vignette of the Citadel of Rashaya rendered in fine intaglio-style engraving occupies the left half of the note against a light blue guilloche underprint. At centre, the Arabic commemorative inscription '70 عاماً على الاستقلال' (70 Years of Independence) appears in large stylized script, flanked by a bold numeral '70' motif. To the upper right, a stylized rendition of the Lebanese flag superimposed over the outline map of Lebanon is printed in red, white, and green, with the date '22 تشرين الثاني سنة 2013' (22 November 2013) and 'بيروت' (Beirut) inscribed below it; a large hexagonal optically variable polymer window with an embedded cedar tree device appears at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | مصرف لبنان / ٧٠ عاماً على الاستقلال / خمسون ألف ليرة / بيروت في ٢٢ تشرين الثاني سنة ٢٠١٣ / الحاكم / نائب الحاكم الأول / ٧٠ |
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Issued to mark the seventieth anniversary of Lebanese independence from the French Mandate, this is one of the few commemorative polymer notes Banque du Liban has produced, and it stands apart from the regular circulation series in both substrate and intent. Thomas De La Rue printed the note in London — one of the earliest large-denomination Lebanese polymer issues — at a moment when the country's currency had long been stabilized by the hard peg to the US dollar introduced in 1997.
The polymer substrate was a deliberate security choice rather than a centennial novelty. Lebanon had suffered severe counterfeiting problems with earlier paper issues during and after the civil war period.