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| Uitgever | Banque de Syrie et du Liban |
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| Jaar | 1942 |
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| Samenstelling | Paper |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | BANQUE DE SYRIE ET DU LIBAN BON DE CAISSE BON POUR CINQUANTE LIVRES خمسون ليرة REMBOURSABLES AU PORTEUR À VUE EN UN CHÈQUE SUR PARIS À RAISON DE VINGT FRANCS PAR LIVRE DAMAS LE 1ER AOÛT 1942 LE CONTRÔLEUR SERVICE ÉMISSION SYRIE LE SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL DES AGENCES DE SYRIE ET DU LIBAN بنك سوريا ولبنان GOVERNMENT PRINTER PALESTINE |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse is printed entirely in green and displays a large central guilloche vignette of intricate geometric lathe-work, with the numeral 50 incorporated twice in mirror symmetry within the design. The composition is purely ornamental, consisting of layered diamond and rectangular guilloche panels with no textual inscriptions, framed by a plain border. |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Banque de Syrie et du Liban, operating under French Mandate authority, turned to the Government Printer in Jerusalem for this 1942 issue because wartime conditions had severed reliable access to European presses. The same Palestinian facility handled emergency currency work for several regional administrations during this period, making it a quietly pivotal institution in Levantine monetary history.
The 1942 series was issued under considerable political pressure — Free France was consolidating control over Syria and Lebanon following the July 1941 armistice with Vichy forces, and a stable, visibly legitimate currency was part of that consolidation. Notes from this issue circulated alongside British military currency and, in some areas, older Vichy-period stock that had not been fully withdrawn.