Catalog
1/4 Dinar
| Issuer | Central Bank of Kuwait |
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| Year | 1970-1982 |
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| Reference(s) | P#6 |
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| Obverse lettering | بنك الكويت المركزي ربع دينار ورقة نقدية صادرة بموجب القانون رقم 32 لسنة 1968 شركة المالك |
| Reverse description | Central vignette presents an aerial intaglio view of Shuaiba Port near Kuwait City, with cargo vessels, docking facilities, and industrial infrastructure rendered in fine line engraving. The English inscription "Central Bank of Kuwait" appears at upper centre, with "Quarter Dinar" along the lower margin. The denomination numeral 1/4 is repeated in the lower left and upper right corners, framed by elaborate arabesque and floral border ornaments in multicolour. |
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Kuwait's first post-independence currency law, passed in 1960, established the Kuwaiti Dinar at a rate deliberately pegged above sterling — a pointed statement from a state that had only just shed its British protectorate status. The quarter dinar was the smallest denomination in the series and saw heavy everyday use, which means genuinely uncirculated examples from the early part of the issue window are harder to locate than the higher values.
Bradbury Wilkinson printed the full series from their New Malden works, a facility better known for high-security engraved work across Commonwealth and Gulf issues throughout the postwar decades.