Syria new 100-pound note (B633a) confirmed
2020-02-05
Like B628a, but new signatures (Unknown/Unknown), new date (٢٠١٩/2019), new s/n font and format, and ornamentation added at lower right back. Courtesy of Danishenko on eBay.Read More…
Syria new 2,000-pound note (B632a) confirmed
2017-07-04
According to an AP report dated 2 July 2017, the Central Bank of Syria introduced a 2,000-pound note depicting President Bashar Assad on front and the back depicts the People’s Council of Syria inside the Parliament Building in Damascus, Syria. These notes appear to have been printed by GoznakRead More…
Syria new 1,000-pound note (B631a) confirmed
2015-07-23
B631 (P116): 1,000 Syrian pounds (US$1.95) Green, purple, red, and yellow. Front: Arabic text; ancient Roman amphitheater in Bosra. Back: English text; tile mosaic of grape harvest from ancient Roman ruins in As-Suwayda; olive branches. 4-mm wide windowed holographic security thread with demetalized .س.ل ١٠٠٠ SP1000. Watermark: Electrotype eagle coatRead More…
Austrian note printing firm in scandal involving Azerbaijan and Syria
2014-11-16
A Washington Post article dated 15 November 2014 details the allegations of bribery behind Austria’s banknote printing firm, Oesterreichische Banknoten-und Sicherheitsdruck, and its efforts to win bids to produce currency for Azerbaijan and Syria.Read More…
Syria new 500-pound note (B630a) confirmed
2014-08-19
According to an article on Syrian Radio & TV dated 16 July 2014 and an article on SanaSyria dated 20 July 2014, Adib Mayala, governor of the Central Bank of Syria, has announced that a new 500-pound note has been issued on 20 July 2014, and will be dispersedRead More…
Identify items on Syrian banknotes
2013-03-28
I am cataloging the Central Bank of Syria’s notes for publication in The Banknote Book, and I have been unable to identify a few items which appear on these notes. The back of the 100-pound note dated 1966-1974 depicts a dam. What’s the name and location of this dam? TheRead More…
Syria unissued 100- and 1,000-pound notes spotted in Moroccan video
2013-01-23
Although recent reports of a 2,000-pound note featuring the portrait of Bashr al Assad have been exposed as obvious fakes, there is credible evidence that the Central Bank of Syria may be working on a 1,000-pound note. This video by the Bank Al-Maghrib in Morocco contains brief images of aRead More…
Syria new 2,000-pound note image is a fake
2013-01-22
According to an article on YnetNews.com dated 19 January 2013, Syria is planning to introduce a new 2,000-pound (US$28) note in February. While that may be true, the image of the reported note is clearly a fake created using the 2,000-forint note from Hungary (B583).Read More…
Syria new 1,000-pound note (B626c) confirmed
2012-11-27
According to a Reuters article dated 13 June 2012, Syria has begun issuing new banknotes printed in Russia by Goznak, that nation’s largest security printer. Syria’s current 2009 issues (B627a – B629a) were printed by Oesterreichische Banknoten- und Sicherheitsdruck in Austria, but OeBS has pulled out of the troubled countryRead More…
Austrian banknote firm may pull out of Syria contract
2011-08-07
According to an Associated Press report dated 5 August 2011, OeBS (Oesterreichische Banknoten- und Sicherheitsdruck, Austria) is reviewing its contract to provide banknotes to the Central Bank of Syria. The Austria Press Agency reported that printing company OeBS—a subsidiary of Oesterreichischen Nationalbank, Austria’s central bank—has nearly completed the 2008 contractRead More…