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| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Liban |
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| Year | 1952-1964 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents the Crusader Sea Castle (Qalaat al-Bahr) at Sidon, viewed from the waterfront with fishing boats moored in the foreground, rendered in intaglio. The denomination "1 LIVRE" appears in both upper left and lower right corners, with bilingual inscriptions in French and Arabic. A decorative guilloche panel occupies the right portion of the note, with serial number and prefix letters positioned at upper right and lower left. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents the six standing Corinthian columns of the Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek, set against a panoramic landscape, executed in intaglio. The bank name "بنك سوريا ولبنان" is inscribed across the top in Arabic, with the denomination stated below as "ليرة لبنانية واحدة". The borders carry fine geometric guilloche patterns, with "1 LIVRE" appearing in the lower right corner. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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