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25 Piastres
| Issuer | République Syrienne |
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| Year | 1945 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Single-colour ochre trial note with a perforated border simulating a stamp format. At centre, a vignette within an arched frame depicts a standing female figure in traditional dress. Geometric guilloche panels flank the central motif, with Arabic inscription at lower left, the denomination '25 PIASTRES' in numeral panels at centre-bottom, and the bilingual legend 'REPUBLIQUE SYRIENNE' along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Plain buff paper reverse with minimal printed content. Three lines of Arabic text are printed in red at upper centre, followed by the denomination numeral '٢٥' in large red characters at bottom centre. The surface is otherwise unadorned, consistent with an emergency or trial issue. |
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Syria's 1945 currency notes were issued under the Caisse Centrale de la France Libre framework but bearing République Syrienne branding — a political compromise reflecting the awkward final years of the French Mandate, when France was simultaneously reasserting colonial authority and nominally recognizing Syrian sovereignty. The notes of this period were printed by the Institut de Emission de Syrie et du Liban, itself a transitional institution caught between French monetary control and the independence declared in 1941 but not yet fully honored.
Syrian forces and the French military came into direct conflict as late as May 1945, the same year this note was issued. Some of this series circulated in genuinely unstable conditions before France formally withdrew.