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| Issuer | Banque de Syrie |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | 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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| Obverse lettering | 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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| Reverse lettering | البنك السوري CINQUANTE LIVRES SYRIENNES S.Syr. 50 ليرة سورية |
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