Catalog
1/4 Dinar
| Issuer | Government of Iraq |
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| Year | 1931-1932 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of King Faisal I at right, rendered in green intaglio on a fine guilloche underprint. A large circular watermark zone occupies the centre-left of the note, flanked by ornamental arabesque borders. Arabic inscriptions appear in a central cartouche, with the denomination ربع دينار repeated at lower right and in the upper register. |
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| Signature(s) | E. Hilton-Young, L. Piep, and B. Thomly |
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Iraq's earliest national currency issue came just a year after the Kingdom formally achieved independence in 1932, though the series was prepared in anticipation of that transition while the British mandate was still technically in force. Bradbury Wilkinson, the New Malden firm responsible for a substantial share of colonial and post-colonial currency work throughout the Commonwealth, handled the full series under what were still effectively British administrative arrangements.
E. Hilton-Young's signature is the telling detail here — he chaired the commission that recommended Iraq adopt the gold dinar, directly shaping the currency structure he then authorized as a signatory.