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| Issuer | National Bank of Iraq |
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| Year | 1955 |
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| Size | 160 x 85 mm |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of the young King Faisal II as an adolescent in an intaglio vignette at right, set against a blue guilloche underprint. Arabic inscriptions in the upper panel read the bank name, with the denomination دينار واحد in large script at centre. Serial number and signatures appear in the lower portion, with ornate arabesque border work framing the entire face. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the equestrian statue of King Faisal I on horseback, rendered in fine intaglio engraving in blue tones, flanked by ornamental panels with arabesque and geometric guilloche work. A large numeral 1 in a decorative cartouche occupies the left panel, with an empty oval panel to the right. The English inscription ONE DINAR appears in a banner along the bottom, and NATIONAL BANK OF IRAQ arches across the top. |
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| Variants | P#39a - watermark: large head P#39b - watermark: small head |
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