According to a press release dated 9 April 2014, De La Rue has printed a new 50,000-livre note to commemorate the 50th annivesary of the founding of the Banque du Liban. “With vibrant colours and imagery, the new note uses the latest technology as protection against counterfeiting. The clear ‘window’Read More…
This 50,000-pound note commemorates 70 years of independence for Lebanon. It was issued on 22 November 2013 (the anniversary of the end of French colonial rule in 1943) despite the fact that the French-language back spells independence as it is written in English, rather than the French independance. The CentralRead More…
Like B537a, but new date (٢٠١٢). Intro: 04.10.2013. Courtesy of Claude Akl (dekeneh on eBay). Read More…
B534 (P92): 10,000 livres (pounds) (US$6.65) Yellow, orange, and green. Front: Arabic text; cedar tree; geometric series design. Back: Arabic and French text; geometric series design; bronze statue by Italian sculptor, Renato Marino Mazzacurati, of three Lebanese nationalists in Martyrs’ Square, Beirut; stylized landscape and mountain; cedar trees. 3-mm wideRead More…
B533 (P91): 5,000 livres (pounds) (US$3.35) Pink, purple, orange, and green. Front: Arabic text; cedar tree as registration device; geometric series design. Back: Arabic and French text; geometric series design; cedar tree. 3-mm wide magenta-to-green windowed security thread with demetalized BDL 5000. Watermark: Cedar tree and electrotype ٥٠٠٠. Printer: (OberthurRead More…
According to a Lebanon Files article dated 21 August 2013, the Bank of Lebanon has issued a revised 1,000-pound note with enhanced security features. Courtesy of Houssein Maaz and Claude Akl (dekeneh on eBay).Read More…
Like B536a, but new date (٢٠١٢). Courtesy of Radoslaw Dlouhy.Read More…
I am cataloging the Bank of Lebanon’s notes for publication in The Banknote Book, and I have been unable to identify a few items which appear on these notes. The front of the 1-livre notes (B501) dated 1964-1980 depict the ruins of Corinthian columns of the Roman Temple of JupiterRead More…
According to a press release (in Arabic only) by the Central Bank of Lebanon, a new 20,000-pound (US$13) note has been issued on 28 September 2012, and is dated 17 June 2012. It appears to have a Motion windowed security thread, cedar tree watermark with electrotype denomination numerals in Arabic,Read More…
Like B528a, but new date (٢٠٠٨). Courtesy of Rui Manuel Palhares.Read More…