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Bradbury Wilkinson printed this series during a politically charged period in Syrian history — the UAR merger with Egypt was still a year away, and the Banque Centrale de Syrie was operating under a government acutely aware that its independent monetary apparatus might not survive the union. It didn't: when the United Arab Republic was proclaimed in February 1958, Syrian note issuance was effectively subordinated to a Cairo-led authority, making this 1957 emission one of the final outputs under purely Syrian central bank control.

Bradbury Wilkinson's New Malden facility was responsible for currency production across much of the sterling-aligned and francophone Middle East at this time, with Syria among its longer-standing clients.