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5 Livres
| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban |
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| Year | 1925-1930 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | سوريا بنك سوريا ولبنان الكبير خمس ليرات ٥ ليرات CL. SERVEAU FEC. L. LECLERC DEL. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is centred on an intaglio vignette of the Krak des Chevaliers Crusader fortress, set within a diamond-shaped geometric frame overlaid on a guilloche underprint of interlocking cross and rosette patterns in blue and pink tones. The bank name BANQUE DE SYRIE ET DU GRAND-LIBAN runs at upper left with SYRIE at upper right, and the denomination CINQ LIVRES appears in large letters across the lower margin. A large blank oval reserve occupies the right portion of the design. |
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The Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban was a French concessionary institution — its notes were legal tender under the French Mandate but backed by the Banque de France, which also printed them. That arrangement made these notes functionally an extension of French colonial monetary policy dressed in local clothing. Serveau's design work, engraved by Leclerc on the obverse and Marguerite Dreyfus — known professionally as "Rita" — on the reverse, reflects the high craft standards the Banque de France applied to its own domestic issues.
Pick 25 is the rarer of the two signature varieties in the series.