Catalog
| Issuer | Banque du Liban |
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| Year | 1964-1988 |
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| Size | 155 × 85 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the well-preserved Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek, rendered in fine intaglio engraving with detailed colonnaded facade rising from a stone platform, set against a light blue sky with an orange guilloche sunburst underprint in the upper register. The denomination numeral "50" appears in the upper right corner medallion alongside Arabic script, with the bank title in Arabic at top centre; the lower border carries the denomination in Arabic lettering, and intricate geometric guilloche borders frame all four sides. |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of the Crusader-era Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles (Qal'at Sanjil) at Tripoli, with its massive stone ramparts rising above a foreground of palm trees, gardens, and period architecture, rendered in fine engraving with multicolour guilloche underprint in the upper field. The denomination appears in the lower left in French and the lower right in Arabic, with guilloche-patterned borders enclosing the entire design; the printer's imprint runs along the bottom margin below the lower border. |
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| Protection description | Cedar of Lebanon watermark visible when held to light |
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