(x) Banque de Syrie, specimen 100 livres, 1 July 1920, no serial number, green on multicolour underprint, bank building in square frame top centre, beautiful background detail, value in each corner and at centre, reverse, blue and light brown, view of city at centre, guilloche patterns, (Pick 19s, Djaroueh SY21) hole punched, red SPECIMEN overprint, in PMG holder 63 choice uncirculated, small split and mounting traces. Exceptionally rare. Interestingly, Track & Price have only 3 records of this note, indicating its scarcity.

Estimate: £3,500 - £5,500

Sale room notice: estimate changed to £6,000 - £7,000