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1/4 Dinar
| Issuer | Government of Iraq |
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| Year | 1931-1932 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The bold letterpress legend GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ spans the top margin, with QUARTER DINAR set in large display type at centre within a decorative dark cartouche. A central text panel carries the statutory convertibility clause, dated BAGHDAD 1st June 1931, above the notation FOR THE IRAQ CURRENCY BOARD. The large numeral 1/4 appears in relief at left within a guilloche frame, flanked by floral corner ornaments. |
| Reverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ QUARTER DINAR CURRENCY NOTE ISSUED, AND CONVERTIBLE INTO STERLING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF LAW No 44 OF 1931 BAGHDAD 1st JUN 1931 FOR THE IRAQ CURRENCY BOARD BRADBURY WILKINSON & CO LTD ENGLAND NEW MALDEN SURREY ENGLAND |
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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.