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5 Livres
| Issuer | Banque de Syrie et du Liban |
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| Year | 1939 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Olive-green and multicolour note with the bank title in French and Arabic across the top, flanked by horse vignettes at upper left and right and lion-head medallions at the corners. A large cedar tree vignette occupies the right side, with intricate guilloche underprint throughout the face. The denomination CINQ LIVRES is printed in large letterpress at centre, with the date BEYROUTH 1er Septembre 1939 and two manuscript signatures below, alongside the redemption clause in French and Arabic. |
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| Reverse description | Brown and olive intaglio-printed reverse centred on an oval vignette of a panoramic view of Beirut harbour and coastline. The central vignette is framed by elaborate guilloche rosettes at left and right, with the bank title in Arabic script at top. Denomination numerals appear at the left and right margins within the decorative border. |
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| Variants | P#27a - overprint P#27b - overprint P#27c - overprint P#27d - overprint |
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