Catalog
5000 Livres barcoded, old font, large
| Issuer | Banque du Liban |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Pink-toned note with a predominantly geometric underprint composed of interlocking guilloche patterns in multiple colours. The denomination 5000 appears in Arabic numerals at centre, with the issuer name in Arabic script; a clear watermark window is positioned to the right, with the year printed below it. Multicoloured latticework panels frame the central field on both sides. |
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| Obverse lettering | مصرف لبنان ٥٠٠٠ |
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The barcode on this note — still unusual for Lebanese currency at the time of issue — was part of Banque du Liban's push in the early 2000s to modernize serial tracking after the post-civil war redenomination left the central bank managing enormous volumes of high-denomination notes. BA International, the successor identity to the historic British American Bank Note Company, handled the job from its Canadian facilities; the firm had been printing for Lebanese authorities for years before its eventual wind-down in 2012.
The "old font, large" designation distinguishes this from later printings within the same P#79 family, where typeface adjustments and format tweaks created enough variation to matter to specialists.