Live auction - 560750 - 5 Livres Photo SYRIA 1938 P.-

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Buy600 EUR

Starting price :	600 €
Estimate :	1 200 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	21 April 2026 18:10:09

Face Value : 5 Livres Photo

Date: (1938)

Period/Provinces/Banks Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban

Catalogue reference : P.-

Detailed grade description : Au dos, tampon LUCIEN JONAS 1880-1947

Commentary

Photo des maquettes du recto et du verso pour un billet de 5 Livres pour la Syrie. En février 1938, la Banque de France commande a L. Jonas une gamme de billets spécifique pour la Syrie qui jusqu'à présent partageait ses vignettes avec le Liban. Pour cette série, la Banque de Syrie demande un recto figurant une décoration de style arabe, et un paysage pour le verso. Cette gamme ne sera jamais émise et n'est connue que par les archives de Lucien Jonas.
Photo of the mock-ups for the front and back of a 5-pound banknote for Syria. In February 1938, the Bank of France commissioned L. Jonas to design a specific series of banknotes for Syria, which until then had shared its banknotes with Lebanon. For this series, the Bank of Syria requested an obverse featuring an Arabic-style design and a landscape for the reverse. This series was never issued and is known only through the archives of Lucien Jonas.