Syria new sig/date (2021) 100-pound note (B633b) confirmed
2022-08-11
Like B633a, but new signatures (Yaghi/Karfoul) and new date (2021). Courtesy of Alex Zlotin and beirut-banknotes on eBay.Read More…
Syria new 200-pound note (B635a) confirmed
2022-08-11
This note is like the preceding issue (B629a), but with new date, new signature, new printer (without imprint), and octogon ornament added at lower right back. B635 (PNL): 200 Syrian pounds (US$0.15)Tan and green. Front: Arabic text; Baz al-Kilaniya noria (waterwheel) of Hama on the Orontes River. Back: English text;Read More…
Syria new sig/date (2021) 2,000-pound note (B632d) confirmed
2022-06-27
Like B632c, but new signatures (Yaghi/Karfoul) and new date (2021). Courtesy of Dmitry Svobodin.Read More…
Syria new sig/date (2018) 2,000-pound note (B632c) confirmed
2021-03-12
Like B632b, but new signatures (Hamdan/Karfoul) and new date (2018). Courtesy of Constance Jamotte (www.moneycorner.be).Read More…
Syria new 5,000-pound note (B634a) reportedly introduced on 24.01.2021
2021-01-24
Courtesy of Charles Toussaint.Read More…
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…