1/2 Dinar

Issuer	National Bank of Iraq
Year	1953
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Printer	Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
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Reverse description	Central vignette presents an intaglio view of the Great Mosque of Samarra with its renowned spiral minaret (Malwiya), rendered in fine engraved detail against an open sky. A large decorative guilloche panel at left bears the fractional denomination '1/2 DINAR' in letterpress. The overall colour scheme is purple-brown, with ornamental corner flourishes and arabesque borders framing the composition.
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Protection type	Watermark
Protection description	Portrait watermark of King Faisal II as a child, visible in the blank panel on the left side of the obverse
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