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| Emittent | Banque de Syrie |
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| Jahr | 1920 |
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| Referenz(en) | P#18A |
| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Yellow-green note printed in letterpress with bilingual French and Arabic text throughout. At left centre, a vignette presents an arched gateway in a Levantine urban streetscape; the central field carries BANQUE DE SYRIE above CINQUANTE LIVRES SYRIENNES in bold letterpress, beneath which bilingual redemption text states payability against 1,000 Francs by cheque on Paris, with the date Beyrouth, 1er Juillet 1920 / بيروت ١ تموز ١٩٢٠ and two manuscript signatures below. The denomination numeral 50 appears within a guilloche cartouche at lower right, repeated in corner numerals at upper left and upper right. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | BANQUE DE SYRIE البنك السوري CINQUANTE LIVRES SYRIENNES خمسون ليرة سورية Remboursable au porteur contre 1000 Francs en cheque sur Paris تدفع لحامله لقاء «شك» على باريس قيمة ألف فرنك Beyrouth le 1er JUILLET 1920 بيروت ١ تموز ١٩٢٠ S.Syr. 50 |
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The Banque de Syrie was a French-mandated institution — a renamed and restructured successor to the Ottoman Imperial Bank's Syrian operations, brought under French control following the League of Nations mandate awarded to France in 1920. This note was issued in the same year the mandate was formalised, making it among the earliest paper currency of what France was openly treating as a protectorate in all but official terminology.
Waterlow and Sons had extensive experience printing colonial and mandate-territory currency at this period, and the quality of the intaglio work on this series reflects that. The 50 Livres denomination was the highest in the initial Banque de Syrie series, which meant it circulated primarily among merchants and the administrative class rather than in everyday retail trade.
Pick lists P#18A as distinct from P#18, the separation likely based on signature combinations.