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5000 Livres barcoded, old font, small
| Issuer | Banque du Liban |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Printer | BA International Inc. (British American Bank Note; British American Banknote Company Limited), Montreal, Ottawa, Canada (1866-2012) |
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| Reverse description | Pink and multicolour reverse centred on a large geometric grid pattern of overlapping squares forming a guilloche matrix, flanked at left by an elongated oval guilloche medallion and at right by a rectangular lattice vignette with a cedar tree silhouette above. The bank title 'BANQUE DU LIBAN' is printed in red at upper centre, with the value '5000' repeated at upper left, upper right, and lower right corners. A barcode and alphanumeric serial number appear in the lower right field, with the French inscription 'CINQ MILLE LIVRES' along the lower margin. |
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| Protection description | the cedar tree visible when held to light; embedded security thread running vertically through the note; barcode printed on the reverse in the lower right area used as a machine-readable serial reference. |
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| Comments |
The Lebanese pound in 1999 was operating under the extended shadow of post-civil war reconstruction, with the Banque du Liban pegging the currency tightly to the dollar while managing severe public debt. This 5,000 Livres note is one of the variants within a denomination that existed primarily for daily retail use at a time when inflation had long since eroded the practical value of lower notes.
The "old font, small" designation distinguishes it from later typography revisions within the same Pick number — a cataloguing distinction that matters for completeness but reflects minor production updates rather than any monetary or political break.
BA International printed Lebanese currency through much of this period; the Montreal firm's inclusion of a barcode as a security feature was relatively unusual for mid-tier denomination notes at the time.