Catalog
50 Livres
| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban |
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| Year | 1925 |
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| Designer(s) | Clément Serveau |
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| Obverse description | Intricate arabesque border in red and green frames the entire note, with a central guilloche underprint in pale tones. Arabic text occupies the central field, giving the denomination as fifty livres, with the issuing bank name and date of 15 August 1925 inscribed in Arabic script. Two numeral counters reading '50' appear at lower left and lower right within octagonal cartouches, and the designer and engraver credits appear in the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | بنك سوريا ولبنان الكبير بيروت في ١٥ آب سنة ١٩٢٥ خمسون ليرة CL. SERVEAU FEC. E. DELOCHE SC. |
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The Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban was established under French Mandate authority in 1919, and its early note issues were closely tied to the political project of consolidating French financial control over the Levant. This series, printed by the Banque de France and designed by Clément Serveau with engraving by Ernest Deloche, reflects the same production standards applied to contemporary French metropolitan currency — an intentional signal of institutional permanence in a territory whose borders had only just been redrawn.
Deloche was among the most accomplished intaglio engravers working for the Banque de France in this period, and his hand is visible in the tonal depth of the printing.