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25 Livres
| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Liban |
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| Year | 1939 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | A bold intaglio vignette at the upper half presents a sculpted lion head in full face at centre, set within a carved classical frieze of acanthus leaves and architectural ornament in warm ochre tones. A large oval guilloche cartouche occupies the lower right, flanked by floral and foliate borders in green. The denomination 'Vingt Cinq Livres' is inscribed in large serif letters across the lower portion, with the bank title 'Banque de Syrie et du Liban' and 'Liban' repeated at upper left and right. |
| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE SYRIE ET DU LIBAN LIBAN LIBAN VINGT CINQ LIVRES REMBOURSABLE AU PORTEUR EN CHEQUE SUR PARIS A RAISON DE VINGT FRANCS PAR LIVRE SÉB. LAURENT G. BELTRAND SC. |
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The Banque de Syrie et du Liban was a French concessionary institution — a private bank granted monetary authority over Syria and Lebanon under the French Mandate. This 1939 issue arrived as that political arrangement was already under strain, with Syrian nationalists pushing hard against the mandate structure and war in Europe imminent. The note was engraved by two of the Banque de France's most accomplished intaglio specialists: Marguerite Dreyfus, known professionally as Rita, one of the few women to hold a senior engraving position at the institution, and Georges Beltrand, from a dynasty of French engravers with roots in the nineteenth century.