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Auction: 327 - World Banknotes at NY INC, Waldorf Astoria
Lot: 222

Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban, Lebanon, 10 livres, 1 November 1930, serial number R.41 034, red, brown, blue and tan, ornate borders, value at right, Berard and Laferriere signatures, reverse, the Temple of Mercury left centre, ornate red and yellow border, red GRAND-LIBAN in top margin
(Pick 10, Ayoub p.54/55), Ayoub states 'Extremely rare bill, 4 items known'. Some very small nicks in the lower margin, completely original paper, very fine and an exceptional rarity. We can find no records of this note being sold at auction globally for at least seven years, this an utterly exceptional rarity

Sold for
$14,000