LEBANON - LIBAN - One Pound/Une Livre Banknote - 1939 dated - in Circulated Condition.
Catalogue Ref - Pick#40c. Une Livre - One Pound Banknote.
This old 1939 dated 1 Livre/1 Pound banknote is in Shades of Green with some Multicolours on the face and in Red with some other colours to the reverse.
On the face of the Banknote at the left side is an illustration of the famous Pillars of Baalbek, in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon. Below this image is a large rectangular design with the denomination large within as 1 LIVRE which has white characters reversed out of the Green mosaic style design within the rectangle.
The banknote is dated at the lower centre right on the face as follows - 1er SEPTEMBRE 1939.
The reverse shows a view of an old engraving of a city at the centre of the banknote, all in a very ornate surround.
Many of these banknotes had overprints in 5 different patterns applied in a separate printing operation. On this banknote the overprint is two Lilac coloured diagonal lines on both the face and the reverse of the banknote, one line extends at an angle of 45 degrees from the bottom left corner, the other line extends at an angle 45 degrees from the bottom centre and bisects the top right corner of the banknote.
The banknote’s Serial number is at the top left on the face in Black as follows - No. J/B5 098,191. The Serial number is also printed in Black just above the SEPTEMBRE 1939 part of the date.
The banknote is sized 163 x 83mm.
This old banknote has seen much circulation; it has three vertical folds and a central horizontal fold plus many other smaller folds and creases, throughout. It also has some tiny edge nics along the top and bottom edges. There is also some light surface dirt on both sides. At the point where the horizontal central fold reaches the left and right edges there is a small tear which does not extend into the banknote's design. Overall, this banknote grades to a/Fine and on the new PMG grading scale has a F15 rating which means - 'The evidence of circulation is considerable with rounded corners, margin splits and other issues. The note must be whole with solid paper.' So, despite its condition here we have a banknote because of its relative scarcity which is a highly collectible example of a sought after type.
Low Starting price of just £8.75 for such a scarce example.
See my other banknotes in my eBay shop with many at Buy it Now Prices where most have a Make Offer option. I will usually accept all reasonable offers.
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