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| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Liban |
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| Year | 1939 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents an Arab cemetery with a camel caravan set against a panoramic landscape, printed in intaglio in reddish-brown tones. The upper portion carries the bilingual bank title in French and Arabic, flanked by large numeral '25' counters at left and right within lobed guilloche frames, with the denomination 'VINGT CINQ LIVRES' across the centre. The date 'BEYROUTH 1er Septembre 1939' appears below the central vignette, accompanied by two manuscript signatures and the reimbursement clause in both French and Arabic. |
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| Reverse lettering | بنك سوريا ولبنان ليرة LIVRES 25 |
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| Variants | P#29a - overprint P#29b - overprint |
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