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1000 Pounds
| Issuer | Central Bank of Syria |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Value | 1000 Pounds |
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| Obverse lettering | مصرف سورية المركزي الحاكم رئيس مجلس الوزراء ألف ليرة سورية ١٤٣٥ هـ - ٢٠١٣ م BOSRA AMPHITHEATER مسرح بصرى |
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| Reverse lettering | CENTRAL BANK OF SYRIA 2013 MOSAIC / AS-SUWAYDAY موزاييك / السويداء 1000 ONE THOUSAND SYRIAN POUNDS |
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Syria's 1000 Pounds had already been issued in earlier series, but the 2013 printing is notable for its timing: the country was deep into civil war, with large portions of the banking system functionally paralyzed and currency demand shifting erratically between government-held and opposition-held territory. Printing continued abroad regardless.
Goznak's involvement here reflects a longer relationship between Syrian and Russian state institutions — not a wartime improvisation. Russian banknote production for Syria predates the conflict by decades. By 2013, that arrangement carried obvious geopolitical weight.