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25 Livres
| Issuer | Banque de Syrie |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE SYRIE البنك السوري VINGT CINQ LIVRES SYRIENNES خمس وعشرون ليرة سورية Remboursable au porteur contre 500 Francs en cheque sur Paris Beyrouth le 1er JANVIER 1920 S.Syr 25 ليرة سورية ٢٥ |
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| Variants | P#8a - issued note P#8s - Specimen |
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The Banque de Syrie was established under French mandate authority following the collapse of Ottoman administration, and this 1920 issue belongs to the earliest phase of that transition — a moment when the monetary infrastructure of Greater Syria was being rebuilt almost from scratch. France had inherited a region where Ottoman paper had largely collapsed in credibility, and a new institution backed by the Banque de l'Indochine's capital structure was the chosen instrument for restoring confidence.
Bradbury Wilkinson's involvement is not surprising — they were the dominant choice for colonial and mandate-era issues requiring security printing at short notice. The Livre syrienne itself was pegged to the French franc at this stage, a political decision as much as a monetary one.