Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, specimen 100 livres, 1945, zero serial number O.000-000, red and multicoloured, ornate Arabesque design in field, value at each corner, Busson and Letayf signatures, reverse blue-green and multicoloured, Cedar tree at right, Mount Lebanon at left, value in red top left and right (Pick 53s, Ayoub p.132/133, PCLB 71s), perforated SPECIMEN, in PMG holder 64 Choice Uncirculated, (second highest grade on PMG Census) Ayoub states in his book Rare bill, 30 items known. This is the classic carpet note, one of the most attractive and iconic world banknotes and very rare especially in this grade. In January 2021 NYINC auction we have a sold Legacy graded 65 PPQ for £18000 (inc Buyers Premium)
