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50 Pounds
| Issuer | Central Bank of Syria |
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| Year | 1966-1973 |
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| Value | 50 Pounds |
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| Obverse lettering | مصرف سورية المركزي خمسون ليرة سورية الحاكم وزير الاقتصاد ١٣٩٠ هـ - ١٩٧٠ م |
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| Reverse lettering | Central Bank of Syria Fifty Syrian Pounds 1970 |
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Syria's 50 Pound notes of this period were issued under the Ba'athist government that had consolidated power following the 1963 coup, a time when the Central Bank was actively expanding domestic currency supply to fund nationalization programs and state infrastructure. The series ran across nearly a decade, which means significant variation exists in paper quality and print consistency between early and late printings — something the Pick number alone doesn't capture.
Watermark-only security was already conservative for the period, reflecting limited access to more sophisticated anti-counterfeiting technology rather than any deliberate policy choice.