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1/4 Pound
| Issuer | Kingdom of Libya |
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| Year | 1952 |
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| Value | 1/4 Pound |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait vignette of King Idris I at left, wearing traditional dress and a red fez, set against a fine guilloche underprint in orange-red. A tall date palm tree occupies the right field. The border consists of an ornate arabesque frame, with Arabic legends across the top panel, denomination numerals in the corners, and the date given in both Hijri and Gregorian calendars at centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | المملكة الليبية ربع جنيه ليبى ٣ ربيع الثاني ١٣٧١ أول يناير ١٩٥٢ هذه الأوراق النقدية صالحة قانونا لسداد أي مبلغ |
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Libya's first independent banknote series, issued in 1952 following the UN-supervised proclamation of the Kingdom in December 1951, was produced entirely by De La Rue — a practical necessity given that the country had no domestic printing infrastructure whatsoever. The quarter pound was the smallest denomination in that inaugural series, reflecting a monetary system built largely from scratch under King Idris I.
De La Rue's watermark security on this issue is relatively modest by the firm's own standards of the period, consistent with a first-issue contract for a newly formed state working within tight post-independence budget constraints.