Catalog
50 Livres
| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban |
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| Year | 1938 |
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| Value | 50 Livres |
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| Obverse description | Red-toned note with a decorative arabesque border framing the central field. The bank name in Arabic script appears across the upper portion alongside the date and denomination, with two large red guilloche rosettes at lower left and right each bearing the numeral "50" in Arabic. A central octagonal void serves as the watermark zone, with two manuscript signatures to the left and printed text columns in Arabic to the right. |
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| Obverse lettering | بنك سوريا وبلاد الكبير لبنان ١٩٣٨ خمسون ليرة |
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The Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban was a French-controlled concessionary bank operating under the Mandate — a private institution with the exclusive right to issue currency across both Syria and Lebanon. By 1938, that arrangement was increasingly contested politically, and the Mandate itself was under pressure. Notes of this series were printed by the Banque de France in Paris, which supplied the technical infrastructure that the colonial administration lacked locally.
The P#13D designation marks a signature variety within a longer-running series rather than a distinct issue, making precise dating within the run difficult without examining the actual signatory combination. High-denomination notes from this issuer in the late Mandate period were not heavily used in everyday transactions and surviving examples often show light circulation.