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Syria banknotes
Syria money catalog and Syrian currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • Turkish currency, till 1918
  • Egyptian currency, 1918-1920 (British occupation)
  • Lebanese-Syrian Livre (Pound) = (0.33 Egyptian Pound) = 100 Piastres, from 1920-1958
  • Syrian Pound (Livre) = 100 Piastres, from 1958

• For earlier issues see:
  • Turkey, till 1918
  • Egypt, 1918-1920
• For Lebanon common currency used in Syria
  • Lebanese-Syrian Pound, 1925-1942

• To purchase Syrian banknotes, please check our inventory :
  World banknotes countries A-Z

Pick #	Date
		French Mandate 1920-1942
1-5	1919	5, 25, 50, 100, 500 piastres
6-10	1920.01	1 Piastre, 10, 25, 50, 100 Livres
11-19	1920.7	5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500 piastres, 10, 25, 100 Livres
21-24	1925	25, 50, 50, 100 piastres Livres
25-29	1925	5, 10, 25, 50, 100 Livres
29A-33	1930	1, 5, 10, 25, 100 Livres
34-38	1935	1, 5, 100 Livres
39	1938	50 Livres
39A-39F	1939	1, 5, 10, 100, 100, 100 Livres
40-45	1939	1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 Livres
46-48	1942	5, 50, 100 Livres
49-52	1942	5, 10, 25, 50 piastres
53-54	1942	25, 50 piastres
55-56	1944	5, 10 piastres
56A-56B	(1945)	2.50 5 piastres, post stamps issue
57-61	1947	1, 10, 25, 50, 100 Livres
62	1948	5 Livres
63-67	1949	1, 10, 25, 50, 100 Livres
68-69	1949	250, 500 Livres
70-72	1950	25, 50, 100 Livres
73-78	(1950)	1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 Livres
78A-78B	1955	10, 25 Livres
79-85	1957-58	1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 Livres
86-92	1958	1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500 pounds
93-98	1963-82	1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 pounds
99-105	1977-92	1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500 pounds
107-111	1997-98	50, 100, 200, 500, 1.000 pounds
112-	2009-	50, 100, 200, 500, 1.000, 2.000, 5.000 pounds