Syria 2000 Pounds 2017 (B/34 6579447) UNC

2000 Pounds 2017 (Front: The upper part of the façade of the main prayer hall of the Great Mosque of Damascus, also known as Umayyad Mosque. Portrait of President Bashar al-Assad (1965–incumbent). Back: Interior of the People's Council (Assembly) of Syria, the Parliament, Damascus. Lintels with ornamental designs. Watermark: Coat of arms; Electrotype '2000'. Security features: Embossed intaglio lintel as HMC (Hidden Multi Coloured image) with Arabic '2000' 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 '2000' and motional 'CBS'. The coloured filament fibers (hairs), the security stripe, the '2000' denomination numerals and small parts of the design fluoresce under ultraviolet light. Registration device in a form of an octagonal mosaic. One denomination is executed in OVI (Optically Variable Ink). Microperforation. Tactile feature: Series of sloping intaglio lines on both left and right edges of the banknote. Main colour: Purple. Artist: Robert Kalina (Austria). Signatures: (from left to right as depicted) Dr. Maamoun (Mammon) Hamdan (Minister of Finance, 2016–2020); Duraid Durgam (Dergham) (Governor, CBS, 2016–2018). Issuer: Central Bank of Syria. Date of issue: July 2017. Material: Cotton fiber paper. Printing method: Intaglio (raised print). Printer: Goznak, Moscow) (Serial # B/34 6579447) UNC

Dimensions: 159 x 65 mm

Catalogue Number: P-117b

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