Catalog
1/4 Dinar
| Issuer | Central Bank of Libya |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents an intaglio view of the Marzuq fortress, with palm trees rising above the battlemented walls against an open sky. The English inscription 'Central Bank of Libya' and 'SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA' appear across the top, while 'One Quarter Dinar' is lettered along the lower margin. Intricate geometric guilloche panels in pink and green frame both sides, with a blank star-shaped watermark panel at right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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| Comments |
Libya's quarter-dinar denomination has always occupied an awkward place in the series — too small to carry much transaction weight in a petrodollar economy, yet retained through successive issues for pricing legacy goods and state-subsidized commodities. The 1990 issue appeared at a point when Libya remained under significant international financial pressure following the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, though day-to-day printing and supply arrangements with De La Rue continued uninterrupted.
The watermark is the sole security feature — no security thread, no fluorescent printing. Modest specification for a De La Rue contract by the standards of the period.