Syria 500 Pounds 2013 (B/23 74749xx) UNC

500 Pounds 2013 (Front: Opera House in Damascus, Dar al-Assad for Culture and Arts. National Telecommunications Corporation (NTC) Tower in Khartoum. Back: "Mosaic of the Musicians" from a Byzantine villa in Maryamin. The clay tablet depicts the Hurrian songs, the oldest surviving substantially complete work of notated music, found in Ugarit. Lintels with ornamental designs. Watermark: Coat of arms; Electrotype '500'. Security features: Embossed intaglio lintel as HMC (Hidden Multi Coloured image) with Arabic '500' denomination. Running black horizontal and vertical serial numbers on the obverse of the banknote. Solid, holographic, vertical, windowed on the obverse, almost 5 mm wide security thread, bearing demetalized 'SP 500' in Eastern and Western Arabic numerals. The coloured filament fibers (hairs), the security stripe, the '500' denomination numerals and parts of the frontal design fluoresce under ultraviolet light. Registration device in a form of an octagonal mosaic. Microperforation. Tactile feature: Series of sloping intaglio lines on both left and right edges of the banknote. Main colour: Light blue. Artist: Robert Kalina (Austria). Signatures: (from left to right as depicted) Mohammad al Jililati (Mohamed Al-Jleilati) (Minister of Finance, April 2011 – 9 February 2013); Adib Mayaleh (Mayala) (Governor, CBS, 2005–2016). Issuer: Central Bank of Syria. Date of issue: 20 July 2014. Material: Cotton fiber paper. Printing method: Intaglio (raised print). Printer: Goznak, Moscow, Russia) (Serial Nos: B/23 74749xx) UNC

Dimensions: 151 x 65 mm

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Catalogue Number: P-115 (B630)

Grade/condition: Uncirculated (UNC) (new, unused, mint)