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1/2 Dinar
| Issuer | Central Bank of Kuwait |
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| Year | 1980-1991 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | The Kuwaiti national emblem — a golden falcon (Hawk of Quraish) with a Boom dhow sailing vessel on its breast — is the central vignette, flanked by the Kuwait Towers to one side. The note carries two manuscript signatures, those of Governor Salem Abdul Aziz Sa'ud al-Sabah and Minister of Finance Mohammed al-Kharafi, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint. |
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| Reverse description | An aerial intaglio vignette of Mina Al-Shuwaikh port occupies the left portion of the note, rendered in fine engraved linework with warehouses, cranes, and berthed vessels visible along the quayside. A small dhow vignette and a multicolour geometric rosette appear at the lower centre, flanked by elaborate guilloche scrollwork at the corners, with the denomination 'Half Dinar' and the fraction '1/2' in bold letterpress at the right. |
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| Signature(s) | serial # prefix denominators lower than 30 serial # prefix denominators 30-37 were stolen by the Iraqi Forces during the Invasion in 1990 |
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