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1 Dinar Iraqi Airforce
| Issuer | Central Bank of Iraq |
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| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central to the decagonal flan, the denomination numeral '١' (1) appears within a raised circular cartouche above the word 'دينار' (Dinar). Surrounding the cartouche, a curved Arabic legend reads 'الجمهورية العراقية' (Republic of Iraq). The upper field carries the pan-Arab Ba'athist motto 'أمة عربية واحدة ذات رسالة خالدة' (One Arab Nation with an eternal message), while the lower field bears the commemorative legend 'اليوبيل الذهبي للقوة الجوية العراقية ١٩٣١ - ١٩٨١' (Golden Jubilee of the Iraqi Air Force 1931–1981). The milled border follows the full decagonal periphery. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Issued in 1981, deep into the Iran-Iraq War that had begun the previous year, this coin commemorates the Iraqi Air Force at a moment when that branch was absorbing enormous losses against Iranian defenses. The Ba'athist government under Saddam Hussein was heavily promoting military prestige through state imagery, and commemorative coinage was one vehicle for that domestic messaging.
The nickel composition reflects Iraq's mid-war budgetary pressures — earlier Iraqi commemoratives had used silver.