Catalog
1/4 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) encircling a traditional boom dhow sailing vessel — occupies the central vignette, flanked by an oil derrick to the left. Guilloche underprint patterns frame the design, with denomination numerals and Arabic and English inscriptions distributed across the note. The Arms of Kuwait appear in conjunction with the oil industry imagery, referencing the nation's economic foundation. |
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| Variants | P#11a - P#11b - P#11c - P#11d(1) - P#11d(2) - signatures: Serial # prefix denominator 59 (stolen by the Iraqi Forces during the Invasion in 1990) |
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Kuwait's invasion by Iraq in August 1990 created one of the more documented cases of state-sanctioned currency theft in modern history. Iraqi forces removed substantial quantities of Kuwaiti banknotes — including stocks of this series — from the Central Bank and storage facilities. Notes with serial prefix 59 fall within the range identified as part of that stolen inventory, making provenance a genuine concern for any example bearing that prefix.
The Kuwaiti government subsequently invalidated the entire series following liberation in 1991, replacing it with a new issue. Stolen notes that entered circulation outside Kuwait were rendered worthless overnight.