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1/4 Dinar
| Uitgever | Central Bank of Kuwait |
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| Jaar | 2014 |
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| Waarde | 1/4 Dinar |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
| Referentie(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | The Liberation Tower rendered in intaglio occupies the central field against a multicolour guilloche underprint in teal, amber and rose tones. The national coat of arms — a golden falcon bearing a dhow on its chest shield — appears in the upper right quadrant alongside a sailing dhow vignette at lower right, with two authorising signatures and their Arabic titles to the right. The denomination ١/٤ in large Eastern Arabic numerals is positioned at left, balanced by a diamond-shaped value panel at centre right. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beveiligingstype | Watermark, Security thread |
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| Opmerkingen |
Kuwait's quarter-dinar denomination has a specific practical function: it bridges the gap in everyday retail transactions in a currency system where the dinar itself carries unusually high purchasing power — one Kuwaiti dinar remains among the world's highest-valued currency units by exchange rate. The fractional notes in this series consequently see genuine, heavy circulation rather than the ceremonial use that high-denomination notes often attract.
De La Rue's involvement with Kuwaiti currency stretches back to the earliest post-independence issues of the 1960s. P#29 belongs to the sixth series, introduced under the Central Bank's ongoing programme of incremental security upgrades following the currency replacement necessitated by the 1990 Iraqi invasion, when the entire pre-war note stock had to be demonetized.