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1/4 Pound
| Issuer | Libyan Currency Commission |
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| Year | 1951 |
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| Size | 160 x 85 mm |
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| Reverse description | Entirely engraved in blue on a pale ground, the reverse is dominated by an elaborate central guilloche rosette with radiating lathe-work panels filling the entire field. The denomination 'QUARTER LIBYAN POUND' is printed in bold serif lettering across the centre, flanked by the fraction '1/4' at each corner. The legend 'UNITED KINGDOM OF LIBYA' arches across the top, with the legal tender clause and issuing authority text arranged in smaller letterpress above and below the central denomination. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Libya's Currency Commission was a transitional authority, established to issue a national currency ahead of formal independence in December 1951. The Commission itself had no permanent existence — it was dissolved once the Kingdom of Libya's own monetary institutions were in place, making this entire series short-lived by design.
The quarter pound denomination is the smallest in the 1951 series. De La Rue printed the full set, as they did for a number of newly independent states in this period whose own printing infrastructure didn't yet exist.