Catalog
1/4 Dinar
| Issuer | Central Bank of Iraq |
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| Year | 1973 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the grain silos and port loading facilities at Basra harbour, with the Arabic inscription ميناء البصرة (Port of Basra) below. The denomination ربع دينار appears in Arabic script at upper centre beneath the bank title البنك المركزي العراقي, flanked by guilloche rosettes bearing the fractional numeral ١/٤ at each corner. Serial numbers appear twice in the lower left and upper right fields, with signature and authorization text in Arabic to the right of the central vignette. |
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| Protection description | Falcon's head watermark |
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Iraq's quarter-dinar was part of the 1971–1973 series issued after the Ba'ath Party consolidated power following the 1968 coup — a period when the Central Bank was being deliberately repositioned as an instrument of state economic policy rather than an independent institution. Thomas De La Rue had printed Iraqi notes since the monarchy era, and the relationship continued uninterrupted through successive coups and republics, a quiet commercial continuity that the political turbulence around it never disrupted.
The watermark remains the primary security feature — no security thread in this issue.