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x Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Syria, 100 livres, 1949, serial number B.67-815, pink and multicoloured, ornate background detail, value in blue at left and right, cedar tree at centre in background, Busson and Souayal signatures at left, reverse pink and yellow and blue, incense burner low left and right, view of a Mosque top centre, bank title in red top centre (Pick 67 variety without overprint, Djaroueh SY121), good very fine, attractive and rare £700-900
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x Institut d'Emission de Syrie, colour trial obverse and reverse 5 livres, blue and white, arms at left, ornate border, reverse, blue, citadel of Aleppo (Pick 74pr, Djaroueh SY124pr), printer's ink and red crayon annotations, glue residue, otherwise extremely fine, unusual £450-550
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x Institut d'Emission de Syrie, heavily engraved die proof obverse and reverse 10 livres, black and white, arms at right, ornate scroll work around, reverse, Tekkiye Suleimanie in Damascus (Pick 75 for type, Djaroueh SY125pr), ink annotations, glue residue, first, very fine, second, fine, rare £400-500
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x Institut d'Emission de Syrie, specimen 10 livres, ND (1950s), zero serial number, blue green on multicolour, arms at right, reverse, Tekkiye Suleimanie in Damascus (Pick 75s, Djaroueh SY125s), hole punched, red specimen overprint in Arabic on obverse and in English on reverse, staple holes top right, pencil annotation along top margin, otherwise extremely fine or better £350-450
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x Institut d'Emission de Syrie, 10 livres, ND (1950s), serial number 682156, blue green on multicolour underprint, arms at left, ornate border, reverse, blue green, Tekkiye Suleimanie in Damascus at centre, (Pick 75, Djaroueh SY125), several light folds, very fine or better £150-200
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x Institut d'Emission de Syrie, heavily engraved obverse and reverse die proof 25 livres, black and white, arms at right, reverse, ruins of Palmyra (Pick 76 for type, Djaroueh SY126pr), ink annotations, glue residue, obverse has small tear top right, missing section from low right of reverse attached with tape, otherwise crisp, fine or better £300-400
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x Institut d'Emission de Syrie, specimen 25 livres, ND (1950s), zero serial number, also an issued 25 livres, ND (1950s), serial number 512220, both red on multicolour underprint, arms at right, reverse, ruins at Palmyra, (Pick 76, Djaroueh SY126), first, black stamped specimen in Arabic on obverse and in English on reverse, hole punched, numerous folds and some staining, otherwise about very good, second, folds and creases, fine or better £500-600
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x Institut d'Emission de Syrie, 50 livres, ND (1950s), serial number 017959, green on multicolour underprint, arms at right, reverse, green, inner yard at Azem Palace in Damascus (Pick 77, Djaroueh SY127), a number of folds and some creasing, retaining crispness, fine to very fine £200-300
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x Institut d'Emission de Syrie, colour trial obverse and reverse 100 livres, purple and white, arms at right, ornate frame at left, reverse, water wheel of Hama (Pick 78 for type, Djaroueh SY128pr), first, ink annotation, some discolouration, faint glue residue, very fine, second, ink annotation, damage to left margin and small section missing low left, fine or better, rare £400-500
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x Institut d'Emission de Syrie, 10 livres, 1955, serial number J/4 361533, blue on multicolour underprint, arms at right, reverse, Tekkiye Suleimanie in Damascus (Pick 78A, Djaroueh SY129), in PCGS holder number 35, very fine £100-150
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x Institut d'Emission de Syrie, heavily engraved die proof obverse 1 livre, 1957, black and white, arms at right, oval frame at left, value top and low left and at top right (Pick 79 for type, Djaroueh SY131 pr), ink annotation at left, glue residue, otherwise very to extremely fine £200-300
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x Central Bank of Syria, colour trial 1 livre, ND (1950s), purple on multicolour underprint, arms at right, reverse, purple, orange and light green, inner yard at Omayyad Mosque in Damascus (Pick 79 for type, Djaroueh SY131ct), hole punched, red SPECIMEN overprint obverse and reverse, about uncirculated to uncirculated £400-500
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x Central Bank of Syria, colour trial 5 livres, 1957, zero serial number, purple on multicolour, arms at right, reverse, blue, citadel at Aleppo (Pick 80 for type, Djaroueh SY132ct), hole punched, red SPECIMEN overprint obverse and reverse, about uncirculated £400-500
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x Central Bank of Syria, 5 livres, 1957, serial number B/5 203199, brown and multicolour, arms at right, ornate urn at centre, reverse, Citadel of Aleppo (Pick 80, Djaroueh SY132), in PCGS holder number 40PPQ, extremely fine £250-350
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x Central Bank of Syria, specimen 50 livres, 1958, zero serial number, green and multicolour, arms at left, reverse, inner yard of Az3em Palace in Damascus, value at each corner (Pick 84, Djaroueh SY133), hole punched, red SPECIMEN overprint in Arabic on obverse and English on reverse, staple holes top right, faint central fold, extremely fine £400-500
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x Central Bank of Syria, heavily engraved die proof obverse and reverse 50 livres, 1958, black and white, arms at right, value at each corner, reverse, inner yard of Azem Palace in Damascus (Pick 85 for type, Djaroueh SY133pr), first, ink annotation, glue residue and paper damage on reverse, thin section missing at low left margin, fine to about very fine, second, ink annotation, slight discolouration, glue residue, very fine £400-500
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x Central Bank of Syria, specimen 100 livres, 1958, zero serial number, blue on multicolour underprint, arms at left, reverse, blue, aqueduct and water wheel, value in each corner (Pick 85, Djaroueh SY134) hole punched, red SPECIMEN overprint obverse and reverse, staple holes top right, otherwise extremely fine to about uncirculated £400-500
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x Central Bank of Syria, green presentation book containing specimens of notes issue 1958 comprising, 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 and 500 pounds, all zero serial numbers, red stamped SPECIMEN top left in Arabic and low right in English on obverse and reverse, all with red annotation "104", description of notes in English and Arabic contained within book (Pick 86-92), all about uncirculated to uncirculated, a superb set £1,500-2,000
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x Central Bank of Syria, 500 pounds, 1958, serial number 0467650, olive green and multicolour, motifs from ruins of Kingdom of Ugarit, head at right, value in ornate tablets top left and right and low left and right, reverse, olive green and brown, ancient religious wheel and cuneiform clay tablet, bank title in English at top (Pick 92), very faint central fold, lightly pressed, extremely fine or better £400-500
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† Central Bank of Syria, a pair of printer's positional proofs comprising 1 Pound, 1978, serial number A/12 060001, brown, workman with machinery at right, reverse water wheel of Hama; also 50 pounds, 1973, serial number Q/17 190001, brown and blue-green, man driving combine at left, reverse fortress, both marked with positioning lines in blue or black ink (Pick 93dp, 97bp), ink dates and or annotations in margins, otherwise about uncirculated and a very rare type of printer's proof (2) £100-150
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† Central Bank of Syria, specimen 1 pound, 1978, brown, specimen 25 pounds, 1970, violet-brown, both man at loom at right, specimen 50 pounds, 1970, blue, farmer and combine harvester at left, specimen 100 pounds, 1974, grey-green, port and ship at left (Pick 93ds, 96bs, 97as, 98ds), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, about uncirculated and scarce (4) £300-400
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x Central Bank of Syria, specimen 1 pound, 1967, zero serial number, brown on multicolour underprint, man working machinery at right, building at centre, reverse, water wheel of Hama, also, 500 pounds (1998), serial number B/415957997, grey and blue-green on multicolour, Queen Zenobia at right, Palmyra theatre at centre, reverse, various fruits at left, Eufrate dam at centre (Pick 93s, 110), first, red SPECIMEN WITHOUT VALUE overprint in Arabic and English, about uncirculated to uncirculated, second, very slight wrinkling, about uncirculated to uncirculated £150-200
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† Central Bank of Syria, a group of printer's positional proofs of the 1977-78 Issue comprising 1 Pound, 1977, serial number A/1 150001, orange and green; 5 pounds, 1978, serial number T/16 000001, green; 10 pounds, serial number L/40 140001, purple and green; 25 pounds, 1978, serial number S/21 040001, blue and green; 50 pounds, 1978, serial number F/11 030001, brown, black and green; and 100 pounds, 1978, serial number Q/41 050001, blue, green and brown, all marked with positioning lines in blue or red ink (Pick 99p, 100bp, 101bp, 102bp, 103bp, 104bp), ink dates and or annotations in margins, the 100 pounds good extremely fine, the 50 pounds yellow marker lines otherwise about uncirculated, the remainder about uncirculated and a very rare type of printer's proof (6) £150-250
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† Central Bank of Syria, specimen 1 pound, 1977, brown, specimen 5 pounds (2), 1977, 1978, green, specimen 10 pounds, 1978, violet and green, 25 pounds (2), 1977, 1978, blue and pink, specimen 50 pounds, 1977, brown, specimen 100 pounds (2), 1977, 1978, green and blue (Pick 99s, 100as, 100bs, 101bs, 102as, 102bs, 103as, 104as, 104bs), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and scarce (9) £500-700
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x Central Bank of Syria, 500 pounds (6), 1976, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, olive green and multicolour, motifs from ruins of Kingdom of Ugarit, head at right, value in ornate tablets top left and right and low left and right, reverse, olive green and brown, ancient religious wheel and cuneiform clay tablet, bank title in English at top (Pick 105a, b, c, d, e, f) extremely fine to about uncirculated, a fantastic group of all the dates of the issue (6) £400-600
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† United Kingdom of Libya, specimen colour trial 1/2 pound, Law of 1951, serial number D/4 00000, olive-brown on multicoloured underprint, crowned arms at left, value at right, reverse ornate guilloche at right, value in each corner, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 8ct, UKL B4ct), uncirculated, rare £350-450
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† United Kingdom of Libya, a hand executed obverse and reverse essay for a 1 pound, ND (ca 1952), serial number A/1 000000, blue and pale red, bank building at centre, arms at left, reverse blue, refinery (Pick unrecorded, Mehilba unrecorded, Linzmayer unrecorded), unique £300-500
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† National Bank of Libya, specimen colour trial 1/2 pound, Law of 1955 (1959), no serial numbers, olive-brown on multicoloured underprint, crowned arms at left, value at right, reverse ornate guilloche at right, value in each corner, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 19ct, NBL B1ct), uncirculated, rare £300-400
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† National Bank of Libya, specimen 1/2 pound, 26 April 1955, serial number D/5 123456, purple and multicoloured, arms at left, palm tree, wheat and jolbann plant in field, Ali N.Al Alneizi signature below, reverse purple (Pick 19s, NBL B1a for type), one perforation and manuscript annotation on reverse '18.5.59 Approved' by the Manager of the note issue department. A lovely research piece and the only prefix for type, good extremely fine, rare £600-800
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† National Bank of Libya, specimen colour trial 1 pound, Law of 1955 (1959), serial number C/10 000000, brown on pale green and orange underprint, crowned arms at left, value at right, reverse ornate guilloche at right, value in each corner, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 20ct, NBL B2t), uncirculated, rare £450-650
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† National Bank of Libya, specimen 1 pound, 26 April 1955, serial number C/7 123456, blue and multicoloured, arms at left, palm tree, wheat and jolbann plant in field, Ali N.Al Alneizi signature below, reverse blue (Pick 20s, NBL B2a for type), one perforation and manuscript annotation on reverse '18.5.59 Approved' by the Manager of the note issue department. A lovely research piece and the only prefix for type, good extremely fine, rare £600-800
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Bank of Libya, obverse and reverse archival photographs showing the almost final design for the 1/2 pound of 1963, black and white, obverse almost identical to the issued note but with different text at centre, reverse showing the same design as the National Bank issue of 1955, the notable difference being the 1/2 in each corner is not preceded by a £L sign (Pick 24 for similar, BOL B2 for similar), unique and interesting (2) £100-150
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† Bank of Libya, specimen colour trial 5 pounds, Law of 1963/AH1382, First Issue, serial number 4 B/5 000000, brown on pale green, blue and pink underprint, crowned arms at left, value at right, reverse ornate guilloche at right, value in each corner, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 26ct, BOL B4t), uncirculated, rare £400-600
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† Bank of Libya, printer's archival specimen 5 pounds, Law of 1963, AH1382, First Issue, serial number run 4 B/5 650001 to 4 B/5 1000000, green on multicoloured underprint, crowned arms at left, value at right, reverse ornate guilloche at right, value in each corner, perforated SPECIMEN, two punch holes (Pick 26s, BOL B4as), mounting traces, ink date '1. 2. 65.' and annotations in top margin, otherwise extremely fine, very scarce £180-260
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† Bank of Libya, specimen colour trial 1 Pound, Law of 1963/AH1382, serial number 5C/29 000000, green on multicoloured underprint, crowned arms at left, value at right, reverse value at centre and in each corner, ornate guilloche at right, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 30ct, BOL B3t), about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £300-400
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† Bank of Libya, specimen colour trial 5 pounds, Law of 1963/AH1382, serial number 5B/13 000000, blue on multicoloured underprint, crowned arms at left, semi-circular arch at centre, value at right, reverse ornate stylised floral patterns in geometric shapes, value repeated four times, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 31ct, BOL B9t), mounting traces, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £550-650
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† Bank of Libya, specimen colour trial 10 pounds, Law of 1963/AH1382, serial number 5A/14 000000, purple on multicoloured underprint, three arches with crowned arms at left and value at right, reverse arches containing ornate repeated patterns, value at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 32ct, BOL B10t), mounting traces, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £600-800
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† Central Bank of Libya, colour trial 1/4 dinar, ND (1971), serial number I E/5 000000, violet and multicoloured, arms at left, Sherlala signature (Pick 33ct, CBL B1at), uncirculated and rare £300-400
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† Central Bank of Libya, colour trial 1/4 pound, purple, 1/2 pound, grey-violet, 1 pound, green and 5 pounds, blue, all ND (1971), all Sherlala signature (Pick 33-36ct, CBL B1at-4bt), red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare (4) £800-1,200
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† Central Bank of Libya, colour trial 5 pounds, ND (1971), serial number 6 A/1 000000, blue-grey and multicoloured, arms at left, Sherlala signature, value at each corner, reverse blue-grey, fortress at centre, also a black and white obverse die proof with printers overlay with serial numbers (Pick 36ct, pr, CBL B4bt, pr), good extremely fine and very rare (3) £500-600
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† Central Bank of Libya, specimen 5 pounds, ND (1972), serial number I B/11 000000, green and multicoloured, arms at left, Sherlala signature, inscription low right, reverse green, fortress at centre (Pick 36s, Mehilba 36s, BBL B 4bs), perforation, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare £400-500
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x Central Bank of Libya, 10 dinars, ND (1972), serial number 1A/53451673, dark grey on multicolour underprint, Omar El Mukhtar at left, reverse, three horsemen at centre, also 50 dinars, 2008, serial number 1C/4025379, Muammar Gaddafi at left, russet brown and multicolour (Pick 37b, 75, CBL B5, 39), first, extremely fine to about uncirculated, second, very fine or better £80-120
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† Central Bank of Libya, specimen 1/4 dinar, green, the Arch of Trajan, specimen 1/2 dinar, green, Petrol refinery and specimen 10 pounds, green, Omar El Mukhtar at left, all ND (1979), all Sherlala signature (Pick 42As, 43s, 46s, CBL B6as, 7as, 10as), all with printers annotation in top margin, extremely fine and rare (3) £400-600
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† Central Bank of Libya, specimen 5 dinars (3), ND (1980/1984), green and multicoloured, camels at left, signatures 1 and 2 (2), also specimen 10 dinars, ND (1980), blue-grey, Omar el Mukhtar at left, signature 2 (Pick 45as, 45bs, 50s, 46bs, CBL B9as, 14as, 10as), perforation, red SPECIMEN overprint, about uncirculated and scarce (4) £250-350
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† Central Bank of Libya, a printers archival composite essay for a proposed issue of 1/2 dinar, ND, blue and multicoloured, oil refinery right centre, reverse crop irrigation, ornate background detail (Pick unrecorded, 53 for similar), in presentation folder, unique and attractive £500-600
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† Central Bank of Libya, a printers archival composite essay for a proposed issue of 1 dinar, ND, blue and multicoloured, Ghaddafy at right centre, reverse Mosque, ornate background detail (Pick unrecorded, 54 for similar), in presentation folder, unique and attractive £600-800
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† Central Bank of Libya, an obverse and reverse printers essay on board for a proposed issue of 10 dinars, ND, serial number 5 1/1 234567, green and multicoloured, Omar El Mukhtar at right centre, value top left and low right, arms top right, very ornate background detail, signature of Abdulhafid Mahmoud Zilitni low left, reverse green and multicoloured, a crowd standing before the hilltop fortress of Sabha (Pick 66 for type, Linzmayer CBL B30 for type), absolutely lovely, unique (2) £700-900
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x Etat du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg, 500 francs, law of 1914-1918 (1919), serial number L 13406511, green on pink, value at centre and at each corner, reverse text (Pick 33b), good very fine, scarce £400-500
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† Grand-Duche de Luxembourg, obverse and reverse proofs 1000 francs, ND (1982), no serial numbers, no signatures, brown on multicoloured underprint, Grand Duchess Charlotte at right, reverse arms at centre, value in guilloche at left, one punch hole (Pick 52Bp), mounting traces, ink date '13-7-1982' and other annotations in margins, otherwise the obverse good very fine, the reverse extremely fine, very rare (2) £350-550
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† Grand-Duche de Luxembourg, specimen 500 francs, ND (c1963), serial number A000000, blue on multicoloured underprint, Grand Duchess Charlotte at right, reverse Ducal Palace, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 52A), uncirculated, rare £400-500
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