Catalog
50 Piastres
| Issuer | République Syrienne |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Currency | Pound (1919-date) |
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| Obverse description | The note is printed in rose-pink on a light ground in a stamp-like format with perforated edges. A central vignette within an arched Islamic architectural frame depicts a standing female figure in traditional dress carrying a sheaf of wheat, set against a landscape background. The denomination '50 PIASTRES' appears in a panel at lower left, with an Arabic value cartouche at lower right, and the bilingual issuer inscription in Arabic and French runs along the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | الجمهورية السورية REPUBLIQUE SYRIENNE 50 PIASTRES خمسون قرشاً |
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The 1945 Syrian notes were issued under the French Mandate's final, politically charged phase — France was simultaneously trying to reassert administrative control while Syrian nationalists pushed hard for full independence, which came formally in 1946. The 50 Piastres denomination served the lower end of daily commerce during a period of acute monetary uncertainty, when the Syrian pound was still tied to the French franc through the Banque de Syrie et du Liban, an arrangement resented by the Syrian government precisely because it kept monetary authority in French hands.
Pick 56E is a signature variety within the broader 1945 piastres series — the suffix letters distinguishing what are otherwise nearly identical notes.