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50 Livres
| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban |
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| Year | 1939 |
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| Value | 50 Livres |
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| Obverse lettering | بنك سوريا ولبنان SYRIE 1939 لبنان خمسون ليرة الرئيس معاون المدير العام |
| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of the Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek, rendered with fine architectural detail and surrounded by an open landscape. Flanking lateral panels carry engraved vignettes of olive branches at left and grape-laden vines at right. The bank name 'BANQUE DE SYRIE ET DU LIBAN' and denomination 'CINQUANTE LIVRES' are inscribed across the upper portion, with 'LIBAN' centered below; a redemption clause in French runs along the lower margin. |
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The Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban was a French concessionary institution — its note-issuing privilege granted by the French Mandate authorities, not by any sovereign Syrian or Lebanese government. By 1939, that arrangement was already politically precarious, with Syrian nationalist pressure mounting against the Mandate and the bank's monopoly on currency emission.
Imprimerie Houriez, based in Lille, was a commercial printer rather than a specialist security press — an unusual choice for a high-denomination note, and one that distinguishes this series from contemporaneous issues printed by the more conventional Banque de France facilities.