SLIGHTLY USED 500 SYRIAN POUNDS

Country: Syria

Currency: 500 Syrian Pounds (2013)

Period: Arab Republic (1961 to till date)

Issuing Bank: Central Bank of Syria

Type: Standard Banknote

Obverse: At the left is the watermark of The current coat of arms of the Syrian Arab Republic with the Electrotype ‘500’ The coat of arms was adopted in 1980, following the 1977 dissolution of the Federation of Arab Republics, whose coat of arms had until then been used by its constituent states.

This emblem consist of the Hawk of Quraish supporting a shield bearing the national flag of Syria (in vertical form), and a scroll of the words “Syrian Arab Republic”. Since the start of the ongoing Syrian Civil War in March 2011, alternative coats of arms have been created by the Syrian opposition and the Federation of Northern Syria.

At the right is the picture of the Damascus Opera House (officially Dar al-Assad for Culture and Arts) is the national opera house of Syria. Inaugurated on 7 May 2004, it is located in central Damascus, on the Umayyad Square.

Reverse: At the left is the picture of Mosaic of the Musicians” from a Byzantine villa in Maryamin.

At the center is the clay tablet depicts the Hurrian songs, the oldest surviving substantially complete work of notated music, found in Ugarit. Lintels with ornamental designs.

Composition: Paper

Shape: Rectangular

Script language: English & Arabic