5000 Livres barcoded, old font, small

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.