Catalog
1 Dinar
| Issuer | Central Bank of Libya |
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| Year | 1991 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Muammar Gaddafi at left centre, rendered without white borders at top and bottom, set against a multicolour geometric underprint characteristic of the Jamahiriya-era issues. The vignette is framed by intricate guilloche patterns and Arabic inscriptions identifying the issuing authority. |
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| Protection description | Heraldic falcon watermark visible when held to light |
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Libya's 1991 dinar series was issued under Gaddafi's Jamahiriya system, a period during which the country was operating under sustained international sanctions following the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. The continued use of Thomas De La Rue for printing is worth noting — despite growing political isolation, Libya maintained relationships with Western commercial printers through much of this period before eventually shifting to state-controlled production.
The watermark is the sole security feature, modest even by early-1990s standards for a De La Rue contract.