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100 Livres
| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban |
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| Year | 1925 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Arabic text in elaborate calligraphic script occupies the centre of the note, with the denomination مئة ليرة (100 Livres) in large characters and the numeral 100 at lower centre. The design is framed by an intricate guilloche border with stylised floral and geometric ornaments in the corners, and the date في 15 نيسان 1925 (15 April 1925) appears at upper left alongside the place of issue بيروت (Beirut). Two manuscript signatures are visible at centre, with the engravers' credits B. LAURENT ENG. and E. DELOCHE SC. inscribed in the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | GRAND-LIBAN BANQUE DE SYRIE ET DU GRAND-LIBAN CENT LIVRES REMBOURSABLE AU PORTEUR EN CHÈQUE SUR PARIS OU MARSEILLE À RAISON DE VINGT FRANCS PAR LIVRE CL. SERVEAU FEC. E. DELOCHE SC. 100 100 |
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The Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban was established under French Mandate authority following the collapse of Ottoman financial structures, and this 1925 issue was among the earliest notes to give the entity its full name — the "Grand Liban" designation itself only formalized in 1920 with the proclamation of Greater Lebanon under General Gouraud. The Banque de France printed the series, which was entirely routine for French Mandate territories; Paris handled the production while the issuing institution in Beirut managed distribution across a politically fractious region still adjusting to freshly drawn borders.
Clément Serveau was a prolific designer for French colonial and mandate currency. Deloche's engraving work is consistent with Banque de France production standards of the period.